heightened
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Nel Byers said that blood testing was needed "for people's own peace of mind" as well as showing "on a national scale" whether these communities had heightened results.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Central bank’s rate policy will be guided by how firms and households respond to the combination of elevated energy prices and a return to heightened trade uncertainty, said Tiff Macklem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“It’s the times we live in. We have to have heightened security around all of our nice things.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Jefferies analyst Jeffrey Favuzza wrote in a Tuesday note that heightened enthusiasm going into Meta Connect could potentially lead to a “sell-the-news event,” especially after the stock popped 11% on Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Hoagland necessarily considered everyone a world-political creature, with a heightened persona, a neurotic cultural manner.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
