as in advancement
disapproving
advancement or increase in power or importance
He acted only for his political advantage and personal aggrandizement. self-aggrandizement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrandizement
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In 2025 After much advancement and excitement around AI technologies in 2024, the coming year promises to be much more measured and thoughtful.—
Arjun Pillai,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Their efforts focus on solving key challenges that have impeded the advancement of fusion technology for over seventy years.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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Make the dough: Add the flour, whole eggs, egg yolk (reserve the white for brushing on later), honey, oil, ground coriander, orange zest and salt to the preferment.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
The Mercury News,
16 Dec. 2024
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The evolution of the dough at Flour + Water OG was inspired by their research and development at Flour + Water Pizzeria and the findings of what a preferment does to the complexity of that dough.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes,
16 Sep. 2024
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In Islamic tradition, the father of a newborn is expected to recite the adhan, or call to prayer, in his child’s right ear, so that the first sounds the baby hears upon entering this world are exaltations of God’s supremacy, setting them on a path of grace and virtue.—
Taran Dugal,
Rolling Stone,
16 Dec. 2024
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Philosophical concepts used to address these topics have been implicitly determined by the colonizer through the exaltation of certain thinkers and the obscuring of others.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Nov. 2024
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This preference is more popular amongst Millennials (67%) compared to Boomers (37%).—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2023
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That preference was on display in August last year, when the KMT’s Hsia visited China amid lingering tensions over Pelosi’s visit.—
Bloomberg.com,
Bloomberg.com,
7 Feb. 2023
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If the case does proceed to trial, experts say, a jury could be turned off by the way DraftKings marketed its promotion offer to novice customers.—
Sean Gregory / Boston,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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Pricing and promotions will also be a key to success.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For looking at the night sky, choose at least 10x42, preferably 10x50, which keeps the magnification low enough to easily navigate the night sky while allowing enough light in at night.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The strong gravitational magnification enabled astronomers to detect faint background sources and study their internal structures, which can lead to identifying individual stars in distant galaxies, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
6 Jan. 2025
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