amplify
verb (used with object)
to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
had amplified
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past perfectof amplify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Steyer’s campaign hired an intelligence firm to look into the online surge favoring Becerra and found thousands of bot accounts had amplified Becerra on various social media platforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Sir Mark wrote a letter to Polanski that he was "disappointed" the politician had amplified "inaccurate and misinformed commentary".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
I so loved the version of NPR that I had experienced and had amplified in my imagination that I was slow to see the cruelty being done to people I worked with and cared about.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2024
The WWF Italia environmental group said the elimination of water-absorbing forests and vegetation along the riverways of Emilia-Romagna had amplified this week's disaster.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2023
The team had discovered the red chamber of the virus queen at the end of the earth, where the life form had amplified through mothers and their unborn children.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
