beefed up

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James Monroe and Andrew Jackson beefed up and refurbished the White House.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

BlackRock reported $9 billion of net inflows in private markets, where it has recently beefed up capabilities with a series of acquisitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

North Korea's abrupt border closure in 2020 stranded many of them abroad for years, and Pyongyang later beefed up defences along the frontier to dissuade illegal crossings.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

While “House of David” contains plenty of action set pieces, their scope is beefed up by AI-generated imagery — more than 350 shots in Season 2 alone, Erwin told Wired, citing budget constraints.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

This tally of instruments, occasionally beefed up by timpani and trumpets, was the template for the classical orchestra as used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall