heightened

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Delivering for your nation at a World Cup brings heightened pressure, and doing so at a home tournament takes the expectation up to a whole new level.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

This comes against a backdrop of heightened scrutiny, as the company’s stock has long underperformed.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Its NIM fell 30 basis points in 1Q as loan yields dropped 50 basis points due to lower benchmark rates and heightened competition in Indonesia’s wholesale segment, the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Colors are heightened — by manipulation or because that’s just what the jungle’s like, I don’t know which.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

It came with illusions that befuddled the mind and heightened the senses.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi