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• v  enlarge or increase
  The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East
• v  grow or intensify
  The pressure augmented

• The local police were augmented with central forces during elections.
• Clinton isn't without her share of Hollywood fans who are working to augment her built-in name recognition ahead of Super Tuesday.
• The Power Assist Suit, developed by a professor at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan, is a computer-controlled system that uses air pressure to augment your strength.

News & Articles

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• GM Mozeliak surveying options for Trade Deadline
  General manager John Mozeliak and his baseball operations staff are continually evaluating potential upgrades to the organization. With the non-waiver Trade Deadline sitting just six weeks away, though, expect those discussions only to augment.
  June 21, 2013 - St. Louis Cardinals
• Former Walgreens Retail eProcurement Executive Joins K2 Sourcing
  PORT WASHINGTON, Wis., June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- K2 Sourcing is pleased to announce a significant addition to our eSourcing team.  Dan Carlson, an experienced Purchasing and eSourcing executive from Walgreens, will augment K2 Sourcing's ability to assist our clients in the more...
  June 20, 2013 - PR Newswire
• Town announces firefighter changes
  SCARBOROUGH – On Monday the Scarborough Fire Department held a swearing-in ceremony for new and reappointed officers in the town’s call company, the pay-per-incident volunteers who augment the department’s full-time staff.
  June 19, 2013 - Scarborough Current

Quotes

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• John Warner in Forbes
  The measure advanced by Democrats and Warner said the same thing, but it also said the Senate "disagrees with the `plan' to augment our forces by 21,500 and urges the president instead to consider all options and alternatives."
• Jose de Venecia in Toronto Sun
  We cannot rule out anything until the investigation is completed,de Venecia said. "There are many threats to us personally and officially. We will have to decide whether we have to augment security."
• Jim Hendry in SI.com
  We wanted to try and augment the pitching. We have extra games coming and we're at the time of year where you don't want to be caught short,Hendry said. "All the guys are throwing well. It was not made in any way to replace somebody in the...