DILATED (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

dilated (on or upon)

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past tense of dilate (on or upon)

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to express more fully and in greater detail refused to dilate upon his alleged plan for improving the economy in the event that he won the election

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Through the development and community adoption of RPO, RoboParty expanded its technical capabilities to cover core actuators, robot bodies, motion control, dexterous manipulation and robotics software systems.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Trump has expanded that all around the room, stacking the walls with portraits including those of George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

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Their arrival brings the number of satellites developed for GHGSat to 13.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
This is a sensitive moment for Brazil's democracy Brazil emerged from military dictatorship in 1985 and has since developed into one of the world's largest democracies.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

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