severity
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Based on its own testing, Anthropic predicts it could find “over a thousand more critical severity vulnerabilities and thousands more high severity vulnerabilities.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Investors gauging the energy squeeze’s severity might want a second opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The survey explored both how the participants perceived the nature and severity of the risk regarding Social Security, Medicare and fiscal policy, and how they might act to hedge the risk.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Nick knew my father had been burned, but he didn’t know the severity of it.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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