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intensified her efforts to preserve the town's historic buildings and landmarks
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Recent Examples of intensified
Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
The surge in casualties is primarily due to relentless missile strikes and intensified use of glide bombs, particularly in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, along with drone attacks near the front lines in Kherson.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
For a concrete example of how AI has intensified the cat-and-mouse game between human and artificial BS, and the capacity of both to outwit and fool each other, consider recruitment.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The quest for fusion energy is getting more intensified with each passing day.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2024
But in the days since, little has changed and combat has intensified with Hezbollah and Hamas.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
Israel’s war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah — a Hamas ally backed by Iran — has intensified in recent weeks.
—Adam Schreck and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Helene and Francine also rapidly intensified.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
The Israeli military and Hezbollah have exchanged cross-border fire for nearly a year, but the last few weeks have seen the death toll soar as Israel has intensified its attacks.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
Rescue teams searching for people missing from the storm have intensified their efforts in nearby ravines and the Albufera wetlands as well as at sea using specialist search boats.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
The surge in casualties is primarily due to relentless missile strikes and intensified use of glide bombs, particularly in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, along with drone attacks near the front lines in Kherson.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
For a concrete example of how AI has intensified the cat-and-mouse game between human and artificial BS, and the capacity of both to outwit and fool each other, consider recruitment.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The quest for fusion energy is getting more intensified with each passing day.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2024
But in the days since, little has changed and combat has intensified with Hezbollah and Hamas.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
Israel’s war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah — a Hamas ally backed by Iran — has intensified in recent weeks.
—Adam Schreck and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Helene and Francine also rapidly intensified.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
The Israeli military and Hezbollah have exchanged cross-border fire for nearly a year, but the last few weeks have seen the death toll soar as Israel has intensified its attacks.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensified
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The country’s economic woes deepened over the past year, with inflation at a record high and more than 40% of Argentinians now living in poverty.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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Over nine years, a friendship formed and deepened, eventually evolving into a romantic relationship.Charley Ross, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
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Security tensions are heightened at the moment, with the Crowd Strike experience fresh in minds and the situations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe raising alert levels and the prospect of offensive cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Police in Chicago, Miami and Philadelphia have also heightened patrols.Josh Campbell, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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He was charged with the single felony count of aggravated possession of child pornography that day and posted a $50,000 bond on Monday.KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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The teenager was arrested Wednesday and is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, possession of a handgun by a juvenile and a sentence-enhancing charge for an aggravated juvenile offender, the district attorney’s office said in a news release Friday.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
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Baseball’s leaner, meaner look is further enhanced by sports’ least taxing commercial breaks; at two minutes and five seconds per pod, the sponsor messages blow by faster than a Ben Joyce heater.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Integrating rotating detonation rocket engine Venus Aerospace enhanced the traditional ramjet concept by integrating a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) into the VDR2.Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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That region of the Earth’s atmosphere called the ionosphere can contain varying levels of free electrons that, when highly concentrated, can slow down GPS signals traveling between satellites and device receivers.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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This measure would allow adults aged 21 and older to possess up to two ounces of marijuana, excluding concentrated forms, and permit limited personal cultivation.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Hostilities between the two Korean leaders have been simmering this year as North Korea has appeared to have intensified its nuclear production efforts and strengthened ties with Russia, deepening widespread concern in the West over the isolated nation’s direction.Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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In contrast, Al-Ahly strengthened its ranks with several deals, including the duo Nada Khaled and Nora Khaled, former Pyramids’ players.Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The vote came amid a moment of intense political debate about inflation.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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The stakes have never been higher — and the pressure has never been more intense.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Intensified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensified. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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