intensive
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A coroner ruled that her family's concerns about her worsening condition were not listened to and she would probably have survived had she been moved to intensive care earlier.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
After accounting for relevant statistical factors, the researchers calculated that participants in the intensive lifestyle program were 21 times more likely to achieve remission than those receiving usual care.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Mr. Conlon’s program immerses students—few of whom have any classical education—in a two-month-long intensive study of ancient Greek at the beginning of their year at Ralston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Here is the actual reality of our grown-up life: When our youngest daughter was 2 months old, she was hospitalized in the intensive care unit for a lung infection.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
He retired for two years of intensive reflection and scribbling, and at length produced his masterwork: the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica or Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, better known as the Principia.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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