severity
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The benefits were seen across a wide variety of patients, including people with different levels of disease severity and different body types.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
“They should not have to live next to a dangerous property. When the severity of the situation was brought directly to my attention, I took action the same day.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
BBC director-general Matt Brittin has said he was not aware of the severity of the cuts the corporation needed to make when he took on his role.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The researchers also assessed severity of CTE and found a connection between high grade CTE and dementia before death, with the latter ascertained by the players' medical notes and interviews with family members.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Citing the severity of the crime, the district attorney will charge him as an adult, stripping him of the protections normally given to juveniles.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
In 2023 speed contributed to 888 fatalities, and more than 39,000 collisions of all severities.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025
Tailoring these materials could offer personalized solutions for various muscle loss severities.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
In an untreated forest, what some might see as fuel, others “see as incredible habitat for wildlife because it’s a mosaic of different burn severities that is extraordinarily biodiverse.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
He said Kazimir was accused of the lowest of three severities of crime in Slovakia’s penal code that is punishable by up to five years in prison, but gave no details of the case.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2021
He knew about as much as was known about the anatomy of the brain and the symptoms and severities of lesion and thrombus.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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