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intensely

[in-tens-lee] / ɪnˈtɛns li /


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These worker groups tend to experience changes in the business cycle more intensely than other workers.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

As she told the Bump, “Deeply feeling kids are kids who experience emotions more intensely and more deeply than other kids. That means that they react more strongly to situations. Their feelings last longer.”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

During the Cold War and for decades afterward, they focused intensely on nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles—high-tech instruments of mass destruction with rare components that were relatively straightforward to trace.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

If Martinez played to left centre-back Mings, Kolo Muani pressed intensely while angling his run to block the pass into Maatsen.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

I had spent a lot of time in local communities, mostly in the favelas outside Sao Paulo, where I met hundreds of desperately poor people who were intensely interested in talking.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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