as in deepens
to make more severe
a misconceived plan that only exacerbated the city's traffic problem
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Workers say that further exacerbates the understaffing problem.
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Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
Social media spreading misinformation only exacerbates the confusion on what filler can and can’t do.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Their point is that climate change fuels resource scarcity, exacerbates political unrest, and creates conditions in which conflicts could ignite and/or escalate.
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At the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday, AI leaders from Accenture, Salesforce, and Bloomberg Beta spoke about why many women aren’t using the tech, and how that exacerbates bias within the data.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
This never-ending cycle of incident response exacerbates burnout and prevents CISOs from stepping back to plan more proactive, strategic security measures.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Sarah Kader, deputy regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said the video exacerbates existing anti-Jewish sentiments at a time when antisemitism is surging.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
The current scramble among big firms to integrate AI just exacerbates it.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
But the unregulated nature of these platforms leverages and exacerbates some of the worst aspects of adolescence.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
Social media spreading misinformation only exacerbates the confusion on what filler can and can’t do.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Their point is that climate change fuels resource scarcity, exacerbates political unrest, and creates conditions in which conflicts could ignite and/or escalate.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
At the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday, AI leaders from Accenture, Salesforce, and Bloomberg Beta spoke about why many women aren’t using the tech, and how that exacerbates bias within the data.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
This never-ending cycle of incident response exacerbates burnout and prevents CISOs from stepping back to plan more proactive, strategic security measures.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Sarah Kader, deputy regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said the video exacerbates existing anti-Jewish sentiments at a time when antisemitism is surging.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
The current scramble among big firms to integrate AI just exacerbates it.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
But the unregulated nature of these platforms leverages and exacerbates some of the worst aspects of adolescence.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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