intensify
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In practical terms, this can intensify the electric field inside the material and slow light down, squeezing electromagnetic energy into a very small volume and boosting light-matter interactions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
On Wall Street, chatter about a summer “melt-up” has started to intensify.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
By ramping up its rhetoric, is Russia also about to intensify its war?
From BBC • May 26, 2026
“It is a reminder that if the negotiations don’t work out in its favor, the U.S. can activate the other track, intensify influence campaigns, or even return to threats,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Picasso was probably aware of the theory that red and green are complementary colors which intensify each other.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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