enlarging

Example Sentences

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The governor also proposed a 14-week paid pregnancy disability leave for TK-12 and community college employees starting or enlarging their families.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

A “salon” of multiple smaller works introduced each section, enlarging on Mr. Whitney’s shift from gatherings of blunt, sometimes layered, rounded forms to the abutments of rectangles that have preoccupied him since the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

The x-height can be increased without enlarging all of the text.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

It’s unclear why, exactly, the country should prioritize further enlarging its highway network over repairing pavement that is in disrepair.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2024

As they drove back toward Ravenel, the sky was beginning to loosen up in the east, fingers of pink and mauve light touched the rim of the earth, enlarging imperceptibly with each moment passed.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy