severe
Example Sentences
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This challenge is especially severe in diseases such as tuberculosis and other complex infections that require many months of therapy.
From Science Daily
"Most studies count extreme events or measure how severe they are, but by definition extremes are rare. That gives you very few data points to study changes over time," Rateb said.
From Science Daily
Nevertheless, "the big picture was alarming with regard to floods, severe... storms and wildfires in 2025", said Munich Re, a Germany-based provider of insurance for the insurance industry.
From Barron's
Wildfires, severe thunderstorms and floods, which all make up the non-peak category, have become more frequent and severe, according to the report from Munich Re.
In Texas, more than 200 people died after the grid operator there issued emergency orders for utilities to cut power during a severe freeze in February 2021.
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