heighten
Example Sentences
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“But this surface normality sits uneasily atop a much more strained underlying environment. The disconnect between relatively calm economic and financial conditions on the one hand, and heightened geopolitical tensions on the other, is striking.”
A nonprofit proposes to eliminate Catalina Island’s deer population using contracted hunters, saying the nonnative animals heighten wildfire risk by eating native vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times
New Zealand’s economy is slowly shaking off years of extended weakness, with heightened geopolitical and financial market risk around the world likely to be a further brake on its recovery.
The company said consumer demand was pressured early in the quarter by factors including the government shutdown and heightened value-seeking behavior.
The vote came at a time of heightened anxiety over the pace of the city’s decisions on the recovery among fire victims.
From Los Angeles Times
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