enhancer
Americannoun
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enhancers
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a person or thing that enhances.
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Genetics. a gene or gene fragment that activates other genes.
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“The debate about whether AI will fulfill its promise as a productivity enhancer won’t be settled for quite some time,” said Jeffery Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
The unlikely target: Ajinomoto, best-known for making the flavor enhancer MSG.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
During weeks like this, it helps—or, let’s be honest, it’s necessary—to think of meat as a flavor enhancer rather than the main event.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
"The first gene editing drug approved for a blood disease -- sickle cell anemia -- targets a cell-type specific enhancer."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025
It’s my go.to outfit enhancer, and today is no exception.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Now, more than seven decades later, the Alpe is a fully developed mountain resort, where beer and raclette serve as performance enhancers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Often, they’re processed with emulsifiers, flavor enhancers, stabilizers and other additives.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
Now that the groundwork has been done, the dataset can also be used to train computer models to predict which suspected enhancers are real gene switches, potentially saving years of lab work.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025
They frequently contain colors, flavor enhancers, sweeteners, thickeners, foaming agents and emulsifiers, and typically cannot be produced in the home.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Verily, one should take the names of these deities and Rishis and kings, those lords of the universe,—who are enhancers of fame.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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