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color, elaborate (on), embellish, embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, pad, stretch
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In addition, while climate change did not cause Dorian, the recent upsurge in the most powerful hurricanes lends credibility to the mounting evidence that warming ocean waters due climate change is magnifying destructive storms. — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, "Intense hurricanes like Dorian produce 1,000 times more damage – and they're becoming more common," 3 Sep. 2019 Marcus Semien has been a pillar of consistency this season, defensively and offensively — his typically great swings magnified against Royals pitching. — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, "‘Doesn’t matter how we win, we just want to win’: Athletics put up season-high 19 runs in win over Royals," 26 Aug. 2019 That doesn’t minimize his role as much as magnify two other truisms more significant than Trubisky: 1) The NFL’s strongest defense will drive the Bears more than any offensive player, and 2) The star of the Bears offense remains the offense itself. — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, "Column: The Bears can be great in 2019 if Mitch Trubisky is merely good," 22 Aug. 2019 Two days later, Chris Davis did not deliver in two of his team's most magnified at-bats. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Astros edge Orioles for 7th straight win," 9 Aug. 2019 The result: magnified, black-and-white images that Oeggerli enhances with color. — Rob Dunn, National Geographic, "Microscopic images reveal how herbs get their flavor," 1 Aug. 2019 What seemed a brilliant way for Mr Putin to turn his back on the West and magnify Russia’s influence is looking like a trap that his country will find hard to escape. — The Economist, "Partnership is much better for China than it is for Russia," 27 July 2019 His legislative maps diluted the electoral strength of large, racially diverse cities, and magnified the power of overwhelmingly white suburbs and sparsely populated rural areas. — Carol Anderson, Time, "Republicans Want a White Republic. They'll Destroy America to Get It," 17 July 2019 The 2008 financial crisis and national housing bust slammed Detroit and magnified the ongoing battle against blight. — Corey Williams, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit hurries to board vacant houses after serial slayings," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'magnify.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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