How to Use augment in a Sentence

augment

1 of 2 verb
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  • Heavy rains augmented the water supply.
  • The money augmented his fortune.
  • And there were no video screens to augment the views, save one behind the band.
    — Chris Varias, The Enquirer, 30 July 2021
  • At certain times, the images will be augmented with words on the screen.
    — Pete Bigelow, Car and Driver, 31 Oct. 2017
  • More than ever, the armed forces are augmented by orbital eyes in the sky.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2017
  • Your face is no longer just your face—it’s been augmented.
    — Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic, 28 June 2019
  • Money will be used to augment field trip costs for Lewerk's study about the Cold War.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The idea was always to find a real-world location for the school and then augment it.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The World Games is a chance to augment that with more hands-on experience.
    — al, 10 Mar. 2022
  • But to augment it with an over-the-air station is a perfect scenario.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 31 July 2020
  • The culprit is the numbers themselves, not the lies that augment them, nor the profits made in doing so.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The house Old Fashioned augments bourbon with garam masala syrup.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Note that the priests there had the conquistadors to augment their efforts.
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Like many bookstores, the owners hope to augment their income with a coffee bar and food.
    — New York Times, 6 June 2021
  • Weapons can be augmented with pickups like scopes and grips.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2018
  • For teams who don’t trust their eyes, Jackson can augment his film by testing well in the agility drills.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Togiai’s push up the gut helped augment the Buckeyes’ pass rush and clogged up running lanes.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2021
  • There remains the buyout market to augment the Celtics.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • If not, the Bruins will need to go into the portal to augment a top-15 recruiting class. 18.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Eight new shows have been added to augment the 24 that were originally planned.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 July 2022
  • The most effective way to augment IT resources is by leveraging the cloud.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The infinity screen can put images of the artist up or just augment lighting.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The good news is that retailers will augment the state’s tax saving with great specials on their own.
    — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, 29 July 2019
  • Dive into the Garden Center to help start or augment a garden.
    — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Three floors house classrooms and research labs for robots that fly, walk, roll and augment the human body.
    — Corey Williams, Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
  • This is an example of a system that was used to augment workers, not replace them.
    — Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Clearly, there has long been a need for symbols to augment written language.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2019
  • The business has to start making money to augment the money being spent.
    — Chastity Heyward, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • Fighters can use their shield as a stepping stone to boost teammates to higher ground on giant enemies while mages can augment weapons to deal elemental damage.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Copilot will also be augmented with voice shortcuts, which will support things like pasting text and media, pressing keys, clicking the mouse, as well as opening folders, files, apps, and URLs.
    — Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
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augment

2 of 2 noun
  • The screen is augment by a rotary knob on the center console, which can also be used to control the screen.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Volbella was first approved by the FDA in 2016 to augment lips and reduce the appearance of fine lines around the lips.
    — Kaitlin Clark, Allure, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The design’s upright sides and tailgate augment cargo and kid space.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Humans and machines need to work in tandem and augment each other to put this problem behind us.
    — Samantha Walravens, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Yeast is expected to help augment special teams and provide the Rams with depth at safety along with fellow draftee Quentin Lake.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Extend Herro now, and the moment possibly would be gone to augment that Butler-Lowry base.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Panic and duress buttons can be added to augment intrusion detection along with sirens and strobe lights.
    — Scott Thomas, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2022
  • According to Tomasello, sounds were then added to augment and expand this language of gestures.
    — Madelaine Böhme, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Since the rollout of Twitter Blue appeared to augment uncertainty around the identity of users, the podcast hasn’t returned to the topic.
    — Sarah McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • To augment strength, these panels were staggered vertically, like pieces of a puzzle, so that all their tops and bottoms did not align at the same floor level.
    — Donald Dusenberry, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Rapid tests return results within a half hour and augment the PCR daily tests which were already taking place.
    — John Wawrow, ajc, 14 Feb. 2021
  • But, in important areas of policy, his plans mirror or augment those of the EU, rather than undercut them.
    — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2020
  • First up: a grant program to help restaurants augment sidewalks and off-street parking lots for service, like buying furniture, fans or sun shields.
    — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Often, the sweet spot of digital marketing is when all of the digital platforms support and augment each other.
    — John Brandon, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • In all the tasks, the vast majority of study participants chose an augment versus a removal strategy to solve the problems presented to them.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Time will indeed tell if and how the company will be able to leverage this technology to augment healthcare in a safe, secure, and patient-centric manner.
    — Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
  • And so to make sure that it was grounded, and always working with production design and what was there practically in order to augment and otherwise help tell the story.
    — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 10 June 2022
  • And all these changes are rooted in data – deriving insights about the customer to augment business operations.
    — Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Chambers is set to augment existing work at the DOJ, which last year created a special task force to investigate misuse in coronavirus funds.
    — Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Contracts are a much more open-ended excuse to explore your environment than hunting skill points and augments in Dishonored 2.
    — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2017
  • There will be presentation elements added to augment the M-Factors effect on the game and situation.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • Contrary to popular belief, this suggests that the future of work will see technology augment workers, rather than replace them.
    — Bob Weinstein, Chron, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Last year, researchers began a pioneering clinical trial, and more are on the way, bringing us closer to a world where blood factories augment supplies.
    — Anne Michaud, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The purpose of decision-making technology is to augment humans, not replace them.
    — Guy Yehiav, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Prioritize tools that are central to your daily operations, then look to augment as needed.
    — Roshni Wijayasinha, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • Individuals have entered the stock market to augment income lost due to the pandemic and to compensate for low interest rates on savings accounts.
    — Naeem Aslam, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • Some companies, like FlightAware, augment government data with their own sources of real-time flight information.
    — Justin Ling, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Its current application suite focuses on tools to augment reading and writing.
    — Rob Toews, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Chambers is set to augment existing work at the Department of Justice, which last year created a special task force to investigate misuse in coronavirus funds.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The library foundation has raised more than $130 million in private funds to augment and support library programs, collections, expansion and services.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022

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