intensification

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In characteristic Ionesco fashion, the work proceeds through intensification, a steady ratcheting up of the situation, rather than through traditional narrative development.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

This will likely lead, among other things, to an intensification of Sino-Indian competition in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Each of these regions may experience similar intensification of acidification as CO2 levels continue to rise.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

The frequency and magnitude of "rapid intensification events" in the Atlantic has also likely increased.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Or are large populations and complex societies instead the cause, somehow leading to intensification of food production?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond