intensification

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An intensification of the conflict with Iran, according to Luzzetti.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

She applied to Carmarthenshire council for planning consent in March 2023, but this was denied, which a spokesperson confirmed was on the grounds that "intensification of use would give rise to highway safety concerns".

From BBC • May 25, 2026

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

For Ms. Müller and her ethnic-German family, 1945 did not mark the end of fear but the intensification of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Within the last 5,000 years, some of those productive regions witnessed an intensification of Aboriginal food-gathering methods, and a buildup of Aboriginal population density.

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