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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.
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Iran agreed to limits on uranium enrichment and pledged to reduce its stockpile, with the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring Iran’s compliance.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Argentine federal prosecutors opened an investigation into Adorni in March this year on suspicion of illicit enrichment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Carbon enrichment is often associated with biological activity and provided an important clue that microbes were involved.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
In January, the Energy Department awarded $2.7 billion in contracts specifically to boost domestic uranium enrichment capabilities.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The centrifuge, which was being pursued by Lawrence’s old friend Jesse Beams at the University of Virginia, persistently underperformed its expected enrichment yield; it would be the first method abandoned outright.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
In a way, these enrichments help prevent that gummy texture I often find with too much high-protein flour.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2022
These enrichments help their “mental health,” he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
SAT-SUN See black bears and grizzly cubs, keeper chats, bear enrichments, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2019
She had reacted to manure and bone meal that were enrichments in bagged compost she had bought.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2018
First, by training her for leisure time, enrichments, and domestic mindlessness.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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