How to Use amplification in a Sentence

amplification

noun
  • There’s a couple of ways to go about that, amplification is one.
    Recode Staff, Recode, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet through a process known as Arctic amplification.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 22 June 2020
  • Mascara, the go-to product for easy lash amplification, can mean smudges and streaks for those without a ton of lid space.
    Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire, 9 Feb. 2021
  • That’s what leads to amplification of extremism and all the rest.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 Jan. 2021
  • This process, known as Arctic amplification, has led to the region warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the globe since 1979.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023
  • High amplification and power output can also cause the cone to move in a way that results in a tear.
    Kevin Luna, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The problem is, the arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, known as arctic amplification.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The technique is known as chirped pulse amplification (CPA), and it's now widely used in physics, chemistry, and medicine.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2018
  • In some instances, researchers have found that the larger the language model, the worse the amplification of bias and toxic text.
    Khari Johnson, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But the amplification of one allegation of abuse is troubling to many of us who loved him.
    Matt McLeod, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Frank Gehry was a real sonuvabitch because this same amplification applies to the body and any sounds that may emanate from it.
    Yusef Roach, Los Angeles Magazine, 31 May 2018
  • Then a rocker filled the air, with enough amplification to be heard in Birmingham.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Apr. 2023
  • That would help keep the crowd small and the noise to a minimum, since the band wanted to play a true acoustic set with no amplification whatsoever.
    John Wenzel, The Know, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The Democratic demands are an amplification of the hard-edged rhetoric Democrats have deployed against Pruitt.
    Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The amplification — good enough to begin with — has only gotten better over the past 11 months.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • The overall degree of access has kind of widened, but the question has shifted to amplification.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2021
  • One shred of optimism: since the phase-out, CFCs have been on the decline, so perhaps this Arctic amplification soon will be, too.
    Lynn Johnson, National Geographic, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Empathy is not a new topic for most in HR functions, and its amplification now should not need to cover a lot of fresh ground.
    Sanjiv Agarwal, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • YouTube’s efforts also had a knock-on effect: the amplification of Fox News.
    Jack Nicas, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2020
  • This recent stretch is an amplification of a career trend with Jones.
    Michael Salfino, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • But what happens when that amplification feels like a joke?
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Without amplification, music from the band shell would carry only to the first few rows.
    Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • With enough amplification, the messages reach the nearby home or office where the key fob is located.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Tech for Campaigns sees its role as behind-the-scenes amplification.
    New York Times, 13 July 2018
  • They should be held accountable for that amplification, but that’s not enough.
    Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The potential amplification of these shocks through abuse of AI ought to be enough to finally get lawmakers to act.
    David Evan Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Aside from the overly quiet passages, Moya’s textures were well served by the Shell’s amplification.
    Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The amplification of the video has already led to one arrest, with more possibly coming.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2018
  • In the 1980s, following the CDC’s amplification of those rumors, Haiti’s economy tanked.
    Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 17 Sep. 2024
  • AirPods aren’t a fix for everyone: Individuals with severe hearing loss won’t get enough sound amplification from the earbuds, Derebery says.
    Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Sep. 2024

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