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extreme

[ik-streem] / ɪkˈstrim /






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A super-strength El Niño appears to be taking shape in the Pacific Ocean, heightening concerns that Southern California could be in for an extreme rainy season.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

It is effectively the only company that can make extreme ultraviolet, or EUV, lithography systems required for leading-edge chips today.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Concerns have been mounting about extreme leverage amid the speculative frenzy that has surrounded the Korean equity market over the last year or so.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

This is something more extreme: the construction of an entirely separate reality in real time, one that rejects the evidence of the senses.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

One of the major goals of the second Five-Year Plan was to multiply the number of civil air routes across the USSR, covering extreme distances and connecting the far-flung corners of the huge country.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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