magnify
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Nvidia’s financing and supply-chain moves might help it grow faster now, but magnify its risk longer term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Treacy said SpaceX’s small free float — the number of shares freely available to trade by the public — was likely helping magnify the stock’s gains.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
JPMorgan, for example, points out that more leveraged single-stock exchange-traded funds, which use options to magnify returns, were launched in the past year than for any other category.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
A single supermassive black hole can dramatically magnify a background star, but only when the alignment is almost perfect.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Anyway, the thick lenses magnify Lolo’s eyes, so they look really big and green from some angles.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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The S&P 500 is weighted by market capitalization, which magnifies the effect of this year’s gains for some of its largest companies.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
When a massive object such as a neutron star passes in front of a more distant star, its gravity bends and magnifies the background star's light.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
As in all sports novels, climbing offers the characters a framework for living, and Mr. Tallent magnifies every aspect of its metaphoric potential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The prospect of fame magnifies pathologies that have been intensifying over time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
“She has put so much energy into this place that it’s practically glowing with it. It magnifies everything that’s alive. I think I’ll be able to feel when you need me.”
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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For someone like Ariana Grande, who has millions of eyes on her at all times, the potential for harm is astronomically magnified.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Garrett’s influence could be magnified if Donald, a three-time defensive player of the year, ends a two-year retirement to pursue another Super Bowl ring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Exchange-traded funds designed to allow traders to place magnified bets on stocks and other assets have seen a surge in investor interest in recent years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The sadness at the loss of a friend to many, magnified by the horror of what we were to later learn about its horrific circumstances.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Little things—a cricket on a stem, the veined branches on a leaf—are magnified, brought from the background in achingly clear focus.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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But the order will leave its mark by magnifying the confusion many parents already face in making decisions about their children’s immunizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"I suppose you've got to be a bit nerdy," he says, explaining he takes a magnifying glass with him diving.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Those natural "cosmic magnifying glasses" could provide some of the strongest evidence yet for this new picture of the invisible universe.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
For example, a fund magnifying returns in bitcoin hoarding company Strategy is down 99% in just 19 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Leeuwenhoek’s microscope evolved from the magnifying glasses employed by drapers to examine the quality of cloth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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