severity
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“Much of the fire was a low burn severity, which is positive,” said Jack Oelfke, the leader of the on-site emergency response team.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Every few years, the EIA would go over scenarios of oil jolts with varying degrees of severity in order to train the delegates on how to deal with their country’s strategic reserves, he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
As the severity of Nikki’s obsession heightens, we get a few brief glimpses of the real Nikki, stuck somewhere inside her own consciousness.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
The White House noted that the severity of this condition can fluctuate over time.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
He was proud, sardonic, harsh to inferiority of every description: in my secret soul I knew that his great kindness to me was balanced by unjust severity to many others.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing severity
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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