augmenting

verb

present participle of augment
as in increasing
to make greater in size, amount, or number our volleyball team was augmented by some of the exchange team's players

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Recent Examples of augmenting After principal photography wrapped, many months would be spent in post-production augmenting the voices to create the right tone and weave them into the overall soundscape. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 For the past few years, though, the merchandising team has been augmenting those brands with more products that match today’s youth consumer. — Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 Dana Williams, American High School The highest-performing students are augmenting their brainpower with AI. — Dana Williams, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 North Korea has also become an industrious manufacturer of war drones, augmenting Moscow’s capacity to produce the unmanned aerial vehicles that have defined the conflict. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials say Russia is augmenting its arsenal with North Korean ballistic missiles, further raising the threat. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 The iROSA wings sit forward of the legacy solar arrays, augmenting their electricity generation rather than replacing it. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The effort focuses on augmenting the existing workforce instead of replacing skilled trades. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026 The Heat, at the moment, will be augmenting Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo in their opening lineup with Andrew Wiggins and Davion Mitchell, as well as whatever their remaining cash under their hard cap can fetch. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for augmenting
  1. increasing
  2. expanding
  3. accelerating
  4. boosting
Verb
  • This increasing self-reliance has an extra benefit in the midst of a grueling war.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Despite this, national reports indicate continued use of performance- and appearance-enhancing drugs, and increasing interest in them.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of increasing
Verb
  • That law included provisions dramatically expanding the scope of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Altogether, Google is expanding automatic tracking support to cover more than 100 different exercises and sports, up from 10 previously.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of expanding
Verb
  • Leading equipment manufacturers, including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Liebherr, and SANY, are accelerating efforts to deploy zero-emission haul fleets across the industry.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That 12-month number would signal that the rate of price growth is accelerating and moving further from the Federal Reserve's goal of 2%.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of accelerating
Verb
  • The company dispensed with its DEI disclosures to investors, scrubbing any references to goals and resources aimed at boosting diversity at the company.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In recent years, business has also benefited from factors outside the company’s control, like a country music resurgence boosting the sale of acoustic guitars and Taylor Swift inspiring more young women to take up the instrument.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of boosting

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“Augmenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augmenting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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