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acuteness

[uh-kyoot-nis] / əˈkjut nɪs /
NOUN
intensity
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A bout of weepy swooning, marveling at the acuteness of an aspartame-induced diet soda headache, was a bracing warning that even joy could be distractingly paralyzing.

From Washington Post Mar. 11, 2022

And the acuteness of that challenge has occurred at the same time as the rise of Q-stagram.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2020

And I think that the acuteness of that anger is embodied in that emotional response to the news cycle is present, definitely present in some way in the pilot.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2018

Albee may never have been able to summon the emotional openness to match Williams’s honesty, grotesque comedy and lyricism, nor the political commitment to match Miller’s state-of-the-nation acuteness, but he was no also-ran.

From The Guardian Sep. 18, 2016

It is impossible to express with what acuteness I felt the convict’s breathing, not only on the back of my head, but all along my spine.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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