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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enhance.

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  • Due not only to its shape, but also its creamy, lush texture, some studies show its enzyme bromelain enhances male performance.

    SHF #16 - Banana Cream Pie 2006

  • Due not only to its shape, but also its creamy, lush texture, some studies show its enzyme bromelain enhances male performance.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • The name enhances its appeal to Pompeii's visitors, who imagine a once-vibrant city bustling with merchants, rich nobles, blacksmiths, gladiators, and their surgeon.

    Interactive Dig Pompeii - Field Notes: August 5, 2002 2001

  • The drastic thoroughness with which unpromising students are weeded out of the courses in German enhances rather than defeats their popularity among undergraduates.

    The Story of Wellesley Florence Converse 1919

  • Tin enhances one’s senses, allowing them to detect sounds, sights, and smells better than any human.

    2010 February 16 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Tin enhances one’s senses, allowing them to detect sounds, sights, and smells better than any human.

    “The Final Empire: Mistborn Book 1″ by Brandon Sanderson (Tor, 2006) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Quin says: When I studied status in theatre class by which I mean, the unconcious perceived status that two people feel when relating to each other– not talking about social class here– a king can play low status to a chimney sweep, I learned through experience that anything which makes it harder to read your expression enhances your perceived status in other people’s eyes.

    A very long post on niqab-wearing teachers, feminism and disability Kay Olson 2006

  • Quin says: When I studied status in theatre class by which I mean, the unconcious perceived status that two people feel when relating to each other– not talking about social class here– a king can play low status to a chimney sweep, I learned through experience that anything which makes it harder to read your expression enhances your perceived status in other people’s eyes.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Kay Olson 2006

  • Of the 4th Circuit's ambiance, Jeffries, who has argued before that court, added, The fact that the judges come down off the bench and shake hands and say a personal word enhances the dignity of the proceeding.

    Challenges to health care law get appellate hearing Tuesday 2011

  • A reason to visit Southern Sudan as it emerges as its own entity is that such a call enhances linkages between tourism and the locals, so that tourism's contribution to poverty reduction is increased and the poor of the region are able to participate in product development.

    Richard Bangs: Why Visit Southern Sudan, Africa's Newest Nation? Richard Bangs 2011

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