heightened
Example Sentences
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Kenyan authorities have urged people not to panic, with the health ministry assuring of heightened surveillance at airports and border crossings.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The African Union, based in Ethiopia, said it was "following with concern the heightened tensions between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt", urging "maximum restraint".
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He described a heightened competition to capture users’ expression of “intent” — or tasks that people want to perform.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
In the interim, Iñárritu kept developing the screenplay from something more realistic about Digger to a more heightened narrative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
As the days grew shorter and colder, this new sense of expectancy increased and her heightened awareness seemed to give new significance to every common thing around her.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
