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verb

past tense of fortify
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Recent Examples of fortified
Adjective
This usually requires vegans to eat fortified foods or take a variety of supplements, especially for nutrients like vitamin B12, which is only found in animal products. Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025 But Netanyahu knows there can be no successful strikes on Iran’s heavily fortified, deep underground nuclear facilities without active and determined U.S. help. Ian Bremmer, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
Higher-income households have been fortified by huge gains in housing and stock market wealth since the pandemic. Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024 Wana Brands strongly focuses on cannabinoids, with a line of CBD-only gummies and THC gummies fortified with CBD and other cannabinoids. Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fortified
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortified
Adjective
  • Survivors and their families are often unwilling or unable to come forward due to challenges accessing services, along with fears of stigma, rejection by their family or community and retribution from armed groups.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Experts say such calls are not just disruptive but also dangerous, as law enforcement officers respond to areas believing an armed confrontation could occur.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • At exactly noon on New Year’s Day, about 20 people braced their feet against the silty shore of Lake Natoma, hopping and fidgeting to warm themselves.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday as the government braced for reprisal shootings after an attempt on a gang leader’s life, officials said.
    Reuters, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The first direct link between alcohol use and cancer was first established in the late 1980s, and evidence for this link has strengthened over time, according to the report.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Henry strengthened a strength, but where this offense has made its biggest strides is in the passing game.
    Tim Graham, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The war has hardened Putin’s resolve and narrowed his options.
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Interestingly, the satellites won’t be hardened against radiation.
    John Koetsier, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Microbial communities, essential for nutrient cycling and plant health, decline.
    Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Sustainable farming practices, such as planting cover crops or reducing fertilizer use, will also prevent nutrient runoff from feeding the algal blooms, as would reducing the amount of land that’s covered in concrete and installing more green infrastructure that absorbs rainwater.
    Diana Kruzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Participants will also learn how to transform their household kitchen scraps into a rich, fine, and nutritious soil amendment for their gardens using worms.
    Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Multivitamins cannot outperform the benefits of nutritious food choices, regular physical activity, adequate sleep, and stress management.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Artificial sweeteners: Artificial sweeteners are zero- or low-calorie alternatives to nutritive sweeteners, such as table sugar.
    Chaunie Brusie, RN, Parents, 1 July 2024
  • From helpful nutritive additions and lymphatic massage to journaling, reading, and simply spending time with loved ones, Elsesser finds ways to prioritize herself, at home and abroad.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024

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“Fortified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortified. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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