acute

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Issues around neutrality are likely to become particularly acute as OpenAI is expected to list publicly as soon as this year and competition ramps up with its AI peer Anthropic.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The lack of rent-paying tenants that has driven down office values has become more acute since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The production slowdown has been especially acute for behind-the-scenes craftspeople who make up the bulk of the entertainment industry’s middle-class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Her seven-year-old daughter Gracie had over two years of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, after she was diagnosed at the age of three.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

It was only years later, in medical school, that I realized that Rajesh was likely in the throes of an acute manic phase.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee