as in to beef (up)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swell (up)
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Those unused hours can, however, be converted to service credit to increase their government pensions.—
Melody Gutierrez,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025 -
What Murray did in the second half was increase his aggression off the dribble.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The most successful implementations use technology to augment human capabilities, providing tools that help people work more efficiently rather than avoiding challenges altogether.—
AJ Bubb,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Brynjolfsson, in his Daedalus article, suggested changing the tax system to give businesses more incentive to invest in technology that augments labor rather than replaces it.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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His behaviors escalated to new levels in the spring of last year, prompting Richtman to apply to 21 different youth residential care facilities in Iowa and other states.—
Michaela Ramm,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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This surely explains why, in the course of the past week, the President has been escalating his threats and targeting its endowment directly by suggesting in a social-media post that Harvard should lose its tax-exempt status.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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The best employees will be those who master this skill, significantly multiplying their productivity.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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And while guests are asked to give just one hour of their time, Fiji is betting on the collective power of that time, multiplied by the million visitors to its shores.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
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Then there's the elephant in the room: Rushing to market could amplify AI's existing headaches like hallucinations and biases.—
Bob Ras,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Her clothes helped to amplify, obscure, and protect her throughout space and time.—
Susannah Cahalan,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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For 2024, the list was expanded to 450 companies and looked at their emissions between 2020 and 2022.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Capital One is expanding its travel perks, adding exclusive airport lounges, landings (think: snazzy, foodie-forward boutique lounges) and two hotel collections with special benefits.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
21 Apr. 2025
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Water enemas: For this treatment, your healthcare provider gently inserts water into your colon to soften and release hard or stuck stool.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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But inserting yourself, even with unspoken opinions, is going to lead to hard feelings.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Swell (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swell%20%28up%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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