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Or the state could create a dedicated fund for local infrastructure to be augmented in years of high income tax revenues.
Using the same logic, a McConnell-led Senate in 2017 augmented the rules further to allow a simple majority to break a filibuster on Supreme Court nominees.
Blessedly, Season 3 makes room for glimpses into the locals’ lives beyond the hotel, augmenting the personal stakes for workers beyond the usual administrative staff whose prickliness co-stars in previous seasons.
The belief, though, was that the team was headed towards a smaller move to augment their current roster.
If the costs are too high for starting centers, the Lakers could look to either upgrade from their backup center, Jaxson Hayes, or augment him by finding a player with greater bulk.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say augment?
Augment, a somewhat formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one’s income (by doing extra work). To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone’s salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one’s conceptions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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