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• n  becoming stronger
• n  the act of increasing the strength of something
• v  make strong or stronger
• v  gain strength
• v  give a healthy elasticity to

• She opposes strengthening protections for beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet, where oil and gas development has been proposed, and she spent $500 million in state money to .
• Moscow sees the problem in terms of strengthening the safeguards against Iran weaponizing nuclear materials, rather than trying to prevent it from attaining "breakout" capacity by .
• His head was filled with dreams of strengthening China from within by drawing on its natural resources in conjunction with new technologies, and he tried to interest powerful .

• strengthen
• beef up
• fortify
• tone
• tone up

• weakening
• weaken

News & Articles

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• South Korea Tightens Capital Flow Checks to Catch Tax Dodgers
  South Korea is strengthening supervision of foreign exchange transactions as President Park Geun Hye broadens her country’s part in a global crackdown against tax evasion.
  June 16, 2013 - Bloomberg
• 2013 Business Travel Survey: Constrained Supply Among Factors Strengthening U.S. Hotel Seller's Market
  Travel buyers hoping for relief from rising hotel rates might have a long wait. Employment growth is sluggish, the U.S. federal government is cutting back on spending and the eurozone remains in crisis, but negative economic signs do not appear to be kryptonite for a strengthening hotel industry.
  June 14, 2013 - Business Travel News
• UAE finances strengthening but risks in Dubai - IMF
  DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates is succeeding in strengthening its state finances by restraining spending, and managed last year to reduce the oil price which it needs to balance its budget, ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Henry Paulson in AFP
  We will use all of the tools we've been given to maximum effectiveness, including strengthening the capitalization of financial institutions of every size,Paulson said.
• Ben Bernanke in International Herald Tribune
  Growth was seen as remaining sluggish during the first part of next year, then strengthening as the effects of tighter credit and the housing correction begin to wane,Bernanke told the JEC.
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Reuters
  A Fund mission will begin discussions with the authorities within the next few days on a program aimed at strengthening economic stability and enhancing confidence in the financial system,IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a...