acute
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One of America’s most acute social and economic problems is a retreat from work, especially among prime-age men.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
With cloud revenues surging amid acute shortages of semiconductors, memory, and compute, the skepticism of late 2025 has suddenly disappeared.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
This exacerbates anti-competitive dynamics in industries with large or dominant players, and places acute pressure on small companies across the economy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
It is clear that I am the only person at Trump Doral who has taken an acute interest in Don Colossus.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
“There’s nothing wrong with me,” I went on, “except acute chronic fear.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing acute
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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