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Etymology
Origin of enrichment
Explanation
Enrichment makes something more meaningful, substantial, or rewarding. Enrichment improves something. Riches are valuable things, such as money, jewels, and gold. Similarly, enrichment is when something is made more valuable. A reading enrichment program improves education. When vitamins or nutrients are added to food, that's enrichment because it makes the food healthier. All types of enrichment are improvements; they leave things better than they were before. You can also say such enrichment has enriched your life.
Vocabulary lists containing enrichment
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Example Sentences
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The rest is believed to be under Fordow, and possibly damaged, or else at the above ground Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant and likely destroyed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
On Thursday the government announced plans for a new School Sport Partnerships and Enrichment Framework for schools to ensure all young people have equal access to high-quality sport and extracurricular activity.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025
There is also the matter of negotiating a new contract with the Cliffside Helium Enrichment Unit—a privately owned facility that is necessary for processing helium at the reserve.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 5, 2023
Members of the Neighborhoods and Community Enrichment Committee voted 3 to 0 to support the temporary moratorium, which now heads to the full City Council for consideration.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023
See Great Britain Enrichment, secondary, 7-8, 25, 46-50 See also under Copper ores, silver ores, etc.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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