Example Sentences

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Lee thinks that Lewis’s fundraising campaign came at a time when other politicians, like then-mayoral candidate Bruce Harrell, were amplifying tiny houses in the news.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

In fact, rather than preventing the qubits from being affected by outside knocks and noise, the periodic laser pulses were amplifying tiny hiccups in the system, making small disruptions even worse, Potter explains.

From Scientific American • Jul. 26, 2022

Perhaps they felt that they were amplifying an untold story that people needed to hear, without considering whether the subject had any say in the story being told or whether it was true.

From New York Times • May 11, 2022

Federal Reserve and many other central banks had already moved toward tightening monetary policy, but war-related disruptions were amplifying those pressures.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2022

Out of their own ranks were rising men, trained in their own methods, who were amplifying and intensifying those methods to shatter the class from which they had sprung.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus