as in to add (to)
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But NBCUniversal is also trying to maximize Peacock, its over-the-top subscription service already building out a presence in college football and Premier League soccer.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The city of Marysville, which will appeal the state citations, said its police officers undergo training to maximize effectiveness and safety.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Thus, even if a farmer primarily relied on corn for sustenance and/or trade, planting beans and squash alongside the maize increased the nutritive value of the same area.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
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The alliance should also increase its training with an eye toward degrading or destroying the Kaliningrad facilities should direct hostilities break out.—
James Stavridis,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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Upon the referee announcement, Schaefer waved his arm to pump up the roaring crowd, then high-fived his teammates.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The BassUp technology pumps up the bass, while the noise cancellation feature eliminates pesky background noise.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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When the pandemic locks them up together in 2020, all three musicians get serious about their new band, releasing home demos that build up a buzz worldwide.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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These effects can build up over time and may even last for years after taking the drugs.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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The 21st century’s computer generated gore Around the turn of the millennium, filmmakers turned to CGI to augment their fake blood, adjusting the colors or make their splatter physics a little more convincing.—
Mark Hay,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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Longoria continued her ivory color scheme with a clutch, and augmented her look with warm tones thanks to her small gold hoop earrings and strappy gold sandal heels.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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With the right guardrails, integrating AI and other emerging technologies can help boards decode complex issues faster, accelerate upskilling, and enhance decision-making.—
Lara Abrash,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Such access, Su explained, accelerates the development of AI tools in areas like healthcare and emotional support.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Showing Up’s potentially myopic perspective contrasts significantly from Reichardt’s Night Moves, a film about radical white environmental activists whose designs of blowing up a dam backfires, causing their inept leader Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) to erratically cover his tracks.—
Robert Daniels,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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One is a composer called Sion Trefor, who has been blowing up.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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Filled with hefty dialogue, emotional scenes and topical questions, Luca Guadagnino draws out incredible performances from Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield.—
Rachel Choy,
Refinery29,
14 Oct. 2025
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The author’s wife, on the other hand, had drawn out the heart of the matter within minutes.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Bump (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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