strengthen
Example Sentences
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We seized the opportunity to strengthen education and prevention efforts around human trafficking.
From Los Angeles Times
Some of the leaders, like Ecuador's Noboa, have worked to strengthen their ties to Washington since coming to power.
From Barron's
That, in turn, could strengthen Tehran’s hands in any future negotiations on its nuclear or missile programs that follow.
The contest organisers also said that better technical monitoring would help "detect and prevent fraudulent or coordinated voting activity, and strengthen monitoring of suspicious patterns".
From BBC
“This environment has strengthened the dollar against other currencies, which typically puts downward pressure on gold because the metal becomes relatively more expensive for investors holding other currencies,” the senior market analyst adds.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.