enriching

verb

present participle of enrich
1
as in improving
to make better a truly great book can enrich your life

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2
as in decorating
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming the church's magnificent interior is enriched with stunningly beautiful murals

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Recent Examples of enriching Organic mulch will decompose, enriching the soil in the process. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026 There has been no regime change in Iran and the country has no restrictions on enriching uranium yet. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 June 2026 Coffee grounds are great for keeping snails and slugs out of your flower beds and off your plants, while naturally enriching your soil at the same time. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 24 June 2026 The fragrance also has enriching notes of fruity lychee and Sicilian grapefruit. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 Those experiences make my work rewarding and enriching every year. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 June 2026 This charming ground cover is often used as a natural soil-enriching cover crop or a resilient lawn alternative. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026 Republicans are enriching themselves while making your life more expensive. — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 3 July 2026 Tend To The Soil Year-Round Plan ahead for next year by protecting and enriching the soil during cooler fall and winter temperatures. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enriching
  1. improving
  2. decorating
  3. enhancing
  4. adorning
  5. draping
  6. beautifying
Verb
  • Pogačar is only improving as a rider, a scary proposition for man with his extraordinary palmares.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Higgins also says that improving resilience will mean changing the city’s building code to allow innovative new technology.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of improving
Verb
  • The decision also reflected a larger change in the way Taylor thought about decorating.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Among DeJohn’s hobbies were flower arranging, collecting anything blue and white, gardening, and decorating.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of decorating
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  • This approach is crucial for mitigating downsides and enhancing the benefits of AI for societal mental well-being.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • In addition to its instant, complexion-enhancing tint, the formula contains skin care ingredients lauded for their smoothing, quenching properties.
    — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 30 June 2026
Definition of enhancing
Verb
  • The timing of this stellar event is especially striking given that this aurora forecast also happens to coincide with the rising of the full Strawberry Moon, adorning the night sky Monday evening.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • Fans have also indulged in a more modern Scottish tradition, adorning statues in both cities with traffic cones.
    — Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 27 June 2026
Definition of adorning
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  • But Sportman said more must be done, including draping the area with a tarp to prevent more water from entering the hole, hastening more erosion.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
  • Bunting arranged this way is appropriate for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of a platform or general decoration.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of draping
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  • As someone who enjoys gardening and beautifying my yard, one thing that always dampens my mood is the sight of weeds.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • Each version of the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop has the new Qualcomm Hexagon NPU on board, offering up to 80 TOPS of local AI performance for beautifying webcams, cleaning up audio, or performing local text and image generation.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026
Definition of beautifying

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