How to Use augmentation in a Sentence

augmentation

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Since new deployments are smaller and spaced out over time, there is less need for staff augmentation.
    Robert Harbols, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Take a trans woman, for example, who hasn’t had breast augmentation.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Last year, Giudice penned a lengthy Instagram post about her breast augmentation.
    Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The outlet had interviewed the 32-year-old real estate agent about the work she had gotten done (breast augmentation and botox) since moving to L.A., as well as her beauty routine.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 29 Oct. 2020
  • At the time of this interview, Holley says ChuckWagon and their Madison landlord had yet to discuss any augmentation of their lease terms.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Adding five megawatts to that grid is at present an augmentation of what already exists, but one that could make the islanding strategy possible.
    Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Livestreaming should be thought of as brand engagement augmentation, rather than in-club show replacement.
    Peter Csathy, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Scientists believe plant nanobionics will open the way for further augmentation of plants.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Nov. 2021
  • More severe cases may require chin augmentation surgery, in which a chin implant may be inserted or your jaw bones may be moved or reshaped.
    Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Records reviewed by the AP show skyrocketing costs from both augmentation and overtime.
    NBC News, 21 May 2021
  • Of course, not every person in these clips has gotten lip augmentation or rhinoplasty.
    Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Is the goal restoration of movement, augmentation, or maybe enhancement?
    Elissa Welle, STAT, 18 July 2022
  • Police have arrested the Colorado plastic surgeon and nurse anesthetist who were involved in the botched breast augmentation that led to the death of teen patient Emmalyn Nguyen.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Then prove the value with a quick proof of value project that delivers the right mix of decision automation and augmentation for one of your decisions.
    James Taylor, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • An aging and insecure Makiko wants a breast augmentation.
    Farah Abdessamad, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Because of that choice, and because the donor organelles came from the patients’ own mothers, the researchers had a much harder time measuring just how well the mitochondria augmentation worked.
    Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Also, these engineers should be fully committed to the business as a whole, acting as an authentic augmentation of the team at HQ.
    Emilien Coquard, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • The final results of a fat-transfer augmentation can be unpredictable.
    Kaitlin Clark, Allure, 24 Nov. 2021
  • In this context, Kylie denouncing her breast augmentation is fairly predictable and safe.
    Time, 28 July 2023

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