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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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In science or engineering we use instruments to amplify our senses.
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Application Make a list of musical instruments that use a box to amplify their sound.
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Loudspeakers with multiple resonance were used to amplify the feeble sound of early radios with unpleasant results.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Critics say the Internet has amplified the problem of medical misinformation.
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The Lockheed story amplifies how important top leadership is to an organization's success or failure.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In complex systems a small alteration in the initial conditions can amplify into wide-ranging effects throughout the rest of the system.
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It made changes on the land, and those changes will be amplified by other events as time goes on.
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It should explicitly amplify policies which have been agreed as part of the business plan.
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Other spots are characterized by their ability to modify or amplify sound, even to the point of acoustical saturation.
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The reverse acoustic ceilings amplify the din to a decibel range appropriate for a wind tunnel.
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These points will be amplified as we proceed.
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This is not in fact all echo, but sound amplified either in intensity or Length.