amplify
verb (used with object)
to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
amplifying
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present participleof amplify.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Look at those Watteau straps in the back, dripping with rhinestones and looping, swinging, amplifying the dynamics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Any media outlet blindly amplifying Kimmel’s egocentric delusion should insist on proof. Of which they will find none.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
She will be remembered for amplifying the voices of women in a way that mainstream media at the time either could not, or would not.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“AI is amplifying the value of our entire platform,” Robin Washington, chief financial and chief operating officer at Salesforce, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
He devoted a full two months to revising Washington’s draft, amplifying Madison’s earlier account of the need to rise above party differences and rally behind the elected representatives of the national government.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
