intensive

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The U.S. economy is less oil intensive than it used to be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The acknowledgment underscores that despite weeks of intensive U.S. operations targeting Iran’s missile infrastructure, the threat has not been fully eliminated and continues to be a factor in the military operation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

All needed hospital treatment, nine in intensive care.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But climate change and intensive farming have reduced the variety of flowers bees depend on.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Briefly, at high population densities only a portion of the people came to be farmers, but they were mobilized to devote themselves to intensive food production, thereby yielding surpluses to feed nonproducers.

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