heightened

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While many hyperscalers are cutting down their stock-buyback activity in the wake of heightened AI spending, Nvidia is on the receiving end of those AI dollars and could dole some more out to shareholders.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Norepinephrine is often elevated in anxiety disorders, and the UC Davis researchers suggest that this heightened arousal may increase the brain's demand for choline.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

The ability to prevent such attacks reflects in part the heightened state surveillance trained on populations considered high-risk, according to some analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

As a child of divorce, he said, he may have a heightened awareness of when the energy feels right in a room and when it doesn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Dreams have their rhythms, their deeps and shallows, and he was caroming upward into a state of heightened lucidity.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor