enrichment

noun

Definition of enrichmentnext
as in enhancement

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Recent Examples of enrichment Or the administration’s personal enrichment through cryptocurrency ventures? — Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 On Thursday, however, Pezeshkian indicated Tehran would be open to lowering its enrichment levels and allowing outside verification as part of an effort to ease nuclear tensions. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The higher enrichment also unlocks higher fuel burnup limits. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 Pairing meals with physical activity and other enrichment turns a site that once served only a summer meal into a place children want to visit and spend time. — Tim Grailer, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 An additional study could open the door to enrichment of uranium of up to 20%. — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 In 2025, American and Israeli forces had bombed Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facilities, which Western leaders said were engaged in a decades-long drive to develop a nuclear weapon. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 To prevent this, make robust data preparation and real-time contextual enrichment the core focus of your technical team. — Pratik Bhadra, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The report also said there were indications that operations began in January at a uranium enrichment facility in Kangson, near the capital Pyongyang, within an annex that had been constructed in 2024. — CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enrichment
  1. enhancement
  2. improvement
  3. flourish
Noun
  • He also was sentenced to 9 years in prison for tampering with evidence and 7 years in prison for firearm enhancements, all to be served consecutively.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Sentencing fight Federal probation officials calculated Rivera’s advisory sentencing range at 262 to 327 months, driven largely by the money-laundering convictions and sentencing enhancements.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of enhancement
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  • This way, truckers help pay for road improvements, and farmers--a big and influential electoral constituency--can work all day burning red fuel on their farms.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers said the largest lifespan improvement represents a theoretical upper limit under optimal conditions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of improvement
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  • To add an extra flourish to the launch triple-header, SpaceX returned both Falcon 9 boosters to their launch sites in Florida and California and landed both side boosters from Falcon Heavy back at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Whether major design outlets beyond House Beautiful begin treating portable/cordless lamps as a default recommendation rather than a styling flourish.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of flourish

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“Enrichment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enrichment. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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