acute
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The benefits have been particularly acute during periods of shocks, including the global financial crisis and COVID, he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
Only 13% of nonveterans facing an acute crisis will get emergency cash or rapid rehousing assistance, as compared with 65% of veterans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
People experiencing acute financial hardship have to apply for grants and under new government rules have to be paid within 48 hours of a receipt of a completed application.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Yang: We are experiencing something in an acute way that I think everyone is experiencing, which is we are seeing ourselves in the third person.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Colonel Cathcart demanded of Colonel Korn with a look of acute pain, tenderly nursing the spot where Colonel Korn had just jabbed him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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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