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acuteness

[uh-kyoot-nis] / əˈkyut 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

But his book is also very much about the things that kept him alive — Bach’s music, Proust’s fiction, friends and acuteness of all variety.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2020

Those confidentiality interests the executive seeks to shield from disclosure must be weighed against the acuteness of congressional need.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2019

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

She looked at trie with a kind of fresh acuteness.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger