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ag·gran·diz·ing

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  1. Aggrandizing

    of Aggrandize

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aggrandizing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aggrandizing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of aggrandizing in a Sentence

  1. Joe Biden:

    Barack Obama made that decision knowing if it was wrong, his career was over. I wanted the public to know this is a man with a backbone of steel, that's why I said it. And had I said, but, by the way, when I went up privately I told him to go, it would look like I was self-aggrandizing.

  2. Piers Morgan:

    Piers Morgan's turning these briefings into a self-aggrandizing, self-justifying, overly defensive, politically partisan, almost like a rally to Piers Morgan -- almost like what's more important is winning the election in November.

  3. Thomas Arnold:

    The recent coverage of AI as a single, unified power is a predictable upshot of a self-aggrandizing Silicon Valley culture that believes it can summon a Godhead.

  4. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker:

    People who are denigrating her are aggrandizing themselves, right now, she seems to be an albatross.

  5. The Republican-controlled Senate:

    Instead of self-victimizing and self-aggrandizing, instead of being spiteful and vindictive, President Trump could have used his nationally televised speech to show some contrition and unite the nation.

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  • přitěžujícíCzech
  • vergroßerndGerman
  • สร้างความตื่นตระหนกThai

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