as in to deepen
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
intensified her efforts to preserve the town's historic buildings and landmarks
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Recent Examples of intensify
That controversy intensified after West ran a commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX that aired in select markets including Los Angeles and directed viewers to the Yeezy site.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Climate change has undoubtedly intensified many disasters and may have made some more common, but cutting emissions won’t make America safer because disasters, by definition, have many causes.
—Eli Lehrer, Boston Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
Racing for an edge The shift comes against the backdrop of intensifying developments in AI.
—Billy Perrigo/paris, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
The White House has yet to fully counter economic analyses showing that tariffs would hurt growth and intensify inflation, only saying that such analyses are incomplete without including the full extent of Trump’s planned income tax cuts and regulatory curbs.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Climate change has undoubtedly intensified many disasters and may have made some more common, but cutting emissions won’t make America safer because disasters, by definition, have many causes.
—Eli Lehrer, Boston Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
Racing for an edge The shift comes against the backdrop of intensifying developments in AI.
—Billy Perrigo/paris, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
The White House has yet to fully counter economic analyses showing that tariffs would hurt growth and intensify inflation, only saying that such analyses are incomplete without including the full extent of Trump’s planned income tax cuts and regulatory curbs.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensify
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Small portions quickly add up to big portions and deepen our debt.—
Cal Thomas,
arkansasonline.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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But there are long-term costs, and not simply in the risk of beggar-thy-neighbor trade policies of the kind that deepened the Great Depression.—
Bret Stephens,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Fears are mounting that the Trump administration could remove the country’s eligibility from the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), a trade act that enhances market access to the US for qualifying Sub-Saharan African nations.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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The phenomenon will visible to the naked eye from Earth’s Western Hemisphere, but will be enhanced with telescopes and binoculars, NASA says.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The strangeness heightens as one of the staff members tries to staunch an incessant nosebleed mid-conversation and when Elisabeth launches into an almost 10-minute fit of laughter.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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Platforms engineered to capture our attention also rewire our stress response: constant notifications, doom-scrolling, and the pressure to curate an online identity all heighten chronic stress, reduce real-world coping mechanisms, and reinforce avoidance behaviors.—
Dale Whelehan,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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Garden plants like tomatoes and citrus trees benefit from additional calcium to strengthen their blossoms and fruit.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2025
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Hydrolyzed collagen firms the skin and minimizes the appearance of fine lines, while niacinamide brightens skin tone, calms the complexion and strengthens the skin barrier, and peptides smooth fine lines.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Intensify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensify. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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