intensive
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Many silicon-derived materials used in concrete, glass, ceramics, semiconductors, and silicones require high temperatures, large amounts of energy, and intensive chemical processing to produce.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Emergency responders took the baby to Woodland Memorial Hospital, then to a Sacramento County neonatal intensive care unit, the Sheriff’s Office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
When he finally woke up, in an intensive care unit in Oklahoma City, about 90 miles northeast of Comanche, he learned that surgeons had removed 13 inches of his small intestine during emergency surgery.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
She is also concerned that any reduction in intensive care cot numbers at Ninewells would be unsafe.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Intellectual scrutiny could be much more intensive and extensive than ever before.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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