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

She had amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome, or AMPS—and he had a treatment that could cure her.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

The scale of the money using the LDI strategy, and ever higher borrowing through the derivatives, had amplified risks that appeared hidden during a decade of low interest rates.

From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2022

The experience of war had amplified a debate about the condition of the country - its poverty, housing and health.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2021

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