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augmentation

[awg-men-tey-shuhn] / ˌɔg mɛnˈteɪ ʃən /


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Surman maintains influencers are not replacing food critics, but more of an "augmentation".

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

In The Gambia, authorities have requested a 20 percent augmentation of their existing $172 million program, Kozack said, with a six-month extension and rephasing of access also in the cards.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

"But to truly unlock its potential, we need to better understand the right doses, long-term safety, and interindividual variability in response to NAD+ augmentation strategies."

From Science Daily Mar. 24, 2026

Elsewhere, careful augmentation of the guitar/bass/drum arrangements expands the emotional range.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

For a full minute, the class practiced rising and sitting in unison as she pressed the lever of her cricket and appraised the harmony of ebb and augmentation of her new charges.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Doctors say they’re fielding even more calls than usual to book appointments for face-lifts and breast augmentations during the winter months, as patients anticipate spring break, summer vacation, wedding season and the gala circuit.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

Cybernetics professor Kevin Warwick is equally interested in studying augmentations, going one step further than most.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2026

We are going to evolve with these new augmentations.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2023

But it also leaves La'an in an existential limbo since her genetic augmentations are inherited.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2023

Bellot Strait was again examined, but the five miles of close pack occupied precisely the same position as if heaped together by contending tides; considerable augmentations were moreover seen drifting in from the western sea.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by Francis Leopold McClintock




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