intensification

Example Sentences

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“There is high confidence in the onset of El Niño, followed by further intensification in the months that follow,” Wilfran Moufouma-Okia, the organization’s chief of climate prediction, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 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

October was the second month-long intensification of high street visits since March this year, under the NCA's Operation Machinize.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Although such wind intensification has been observed and linked to human activity, measurements still show no major decline in the ocean's carbon uptake -- at least not yet.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

“You know when hurricane winds grow quickly, when they explode, meteorologists call that rapid intensification, and I guess it’s super hard to predict. But...I think I felt that way when I broke the frame.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt