magnify

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Fire, which is this year’s element, tends to magnify the animal’s personality.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Much of that money will be squandered on capabilities that do more to magnify our weaknesses than to sharpen our strengths.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

Investors on both Wall Street and Main Street have borrowed heavily to magnify market bets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Lately, many of those same investors have been piling into high-volatility stocks—whose daily moves magnify the broader market’s moves—in an attempt to make up lost ground and catch up with the benchmark’s year-to-date returns.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

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