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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

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

As soon as this was touched upon in any way she was capable of great acuteness.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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