thickened

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Since that incident, Gen Bewick says Akrotiri's air defences have been "thickened".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

What’s different now is that artificial intelligence has thickened the plot.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

In both cases, cartilage that had become thin and dysfunctional with age thickened across the joint surface.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

By the time the web arrived, many jobs—especially in knowledge work—had thickened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Mom’s attention flicked back to me, her eyes thickened by the clouds of pain and grief she usually kept above us, out of sight.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz