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[en-lahrj] / ɛnˈlɑrdʒ /


Usage

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Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work).

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The very history he so powerfully invokes to explain the 14th Amendment’s origins often becomes, in his jurisprudence, a reason to limit rather than enlarge its reach.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

Adenomyosis, is a condition often compared to endometriosis and occurs when where endometrial-like tissue grows into the muscular wall of the uterus, causing it to thicken and enlarge.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

Allison Febbo, general manager of Westlands Water District, said the plan to enlarge Shasta Dam “represents an important step toward advancing a long-overdue investment in water supply reliability.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

Even at a moment when his career seemed to be contracting, Ellington used a new technology to enlarge his art—and, in doing so, helped chart a broader future for American musical expression.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

Overnight Aureliano Segundo became the owner of land and livestock and he barely had time to enlarge his overflowing barns and pigpens.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In his office, the commanding officer enlarges an image showing a swarm of speedboats carrying out such an attack.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

Far from distorting democracy, this diversity of substantial support often enlarges the range of ideas in public debate.

From MarketWatch Feb. 24, 2026

"Being part of Nato brings us on an equal footing with all the other allies. It enlarges the possibilities for Finnish companies in the defence sector and beyond."

From BBC Mar. 5, 2025

As a performance piece for Timur, it further enlarges the transformational promise that Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines demonstrated in their recent staged recitals.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2024

The cell enlarges, begins making new DNA at a great rate, and turns into what is termed, appropriately, a blast.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

She suffered another major personal trauma in 2023 when her younger brother Jansen died, reportedly due to an enlarged heart.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The enlarged Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will likely increase production by 188,000 barrels per day, following several months of similar hikes, said Jorge Leon, an analyst at Rystad Energy.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Its snout was shorter, its skull was more strongly reinforced, and its enlarged jaw muscles would have helped it snap down on larger prey.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Under its proposal, Genesis shareholders would own roughly 60% of the enlarged company, with Vault investors holding the remainder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Will made a small opening, low down, looked through, and enlarged it swiftly, getting through in a moment on hands and knees.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Constructing an accurate, full-scale replica involves far more than enlarging a drawing or arranging generic bones into a dramatic pose.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

"I think given where we are, we do need to be thinking and talking about extending it or enlarging it," the Labour peer told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

Updating the calculations for gold’s recent epic run, investment consultants Nicholas Conant and Mark Wood of Callan gave the cube some benefit of the doubt by enlarging it with all of the bullion since mined.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

In any case, fielding them would mean replacing the existing weapons, not enlarging the arsenal’s size.

From Slate Oct. 30, 2025

Moon Orchid did indeed see a boy whose head was big, his curls enlarging it, his eyebrows thick and slanted like an opera warrior’s.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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