How to Use augmentation in a Sentence

augmentation

noun
  • For many lifts and augmentations, time and aging will cause the need for a tune up.
    Shalwah Evans, Essence, 2 July 2019
  • The Bureau of Prisons would not say how much money was spent on augmentation in the past few years.
    NBC News, 21 May 2021
  • The group backing genetic augmentation with a bunch of Texas cougars won the day.
    Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
  • If these kinds of augmentations can lift them above the crowd, soon everyone will want to be more than human.
    Vivienne Ming, Quartz, 15 July 2019
  • The study notes that the results do not reflect the most common plastic surgery: breast augmentation.
    Matt Campbell, kansascity, 3 Nov. 2017
  • At the end of the day, breast augmentation is the most effective way to permanently change your breast size.
    Ashley Abramson, SELF, 11 Apr. 2022
  • And the idea was, again, a sort of visual and mental augmentation enhancement.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2022
  • For some cold cities in the Northeast, breast augmentation does not even make it to the top five most popular procedures.
    David Pan, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
  • There are ads for breast augmentation with women holding up grapefruits in front of their chests.
    Loren Savini, Allure, 27 June 2018
  • This checklist will be discussed between the patient and provider, both of who must sign off on the checklist before the augmentation can take place.
    Taylore Glynn, Allure, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Butt augmentations have exploded here and around the world.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Since new deployments are smaller and spaced out over time, there is less need for staff augmentation.
    Robert Harbols, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The Southeast is home to over a quarter of all butt implants, calf augmentations, and pectoral implants.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 22 June 2018
  • In short, there are two types of augmentation, physical and mental, in a complex dance.
    Tim O'Reilly, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The world map is complete and good augmentation can be expected.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 16 June 2018
  • When Garner sold her Ruscha print, the amount offered for it was exactly the same as the cost of a breast augmentation operation.
    Fiona Alison Duncan, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Only two of the seven water-augmentation projects are expected to be up and running by the time Day Zero kicks in.
    Aryn Baker, TIME.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Brown went to the Botched doctors to correct scarring on her breasts from multiple augmentations, but Dubrow and Nassif are shocked by her waist.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Fraxel can also be used on the body to smooth surgical scars, like C-section or breast augmentation scars.
    Jessica Cruel, SELF, 29 June 2017
  • Denise Richards is trying to convince her daughter Sami Sheen not to get breast augmentation surgery.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But the standard mommy makeover entails a tummy tuck and breast augmentation.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • Whatever the cost, this sort of augmentation project is viewed by many as practical, even inevitable.
    Kyle Paoletta, The New Republic, 30 Oct. 2023
  • No doubt, the travel will have an instant mood augmentation upon reaching the resort.
    Michael Alpiner, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Lip fillers are described as a type of lip augmentation via injection around your mouth to improve the shape, volume, and structure of your lips, according to Wed MD.
    Danielle Corcione, Teen Vogue, 11 July 2018
  • And the winner is the guest of the Mystic Stripers who was engaging in a loud discussion about physical augmentation outside Room 5.
    al, 1 Mar. 2020
  • The comments provide the first clear blueprint for ICE’s proposed augmentation of its visa-vetting program.
    George Joseph For Propublica, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2017
  • Big butts are out, lifted nose tips in The fad of gigantic butt augmentation is on its way out; people wanting distortion of their rear end is in its last death throes.
    Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018
  • Cheekbone augmentation for a model-esque contour of the face πŸ’‰πŸ’‰πŸ’‰ This procedure takes a few minutes and lasts 1-2 years.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Watts uses their augmentations to explore the nature of consciousness and human relationships.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Going into 2025, our Council and staff need to strategically review all options for astutely managing our water supply including revisiting the use of public wells for groundwater and supporting CAP in its water augmentation efforts.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024

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