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acutely

[uh-kyoot-lee] / əˈkyut li /
ADVERB
sharply
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The shift down-market is driven by the fact that even the financially comfortable are acutely aware of how much more expensive everything is today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“This leaves crude acutely sensitive to any gyrations in the geopolitical narrative, which traders know come fast and furious,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

It’s acutely harmful to pregnant women, infants and children.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

By the time the 14th Amendment was drafted, in 1866, every member of Congress would have been acutely aware of Brown’s trial, which had been held only seven years earlier.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Bateson was acutely aware of the potential social and political impact of the newborn science.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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