severity

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The survey explored both how the participants perceived the nature and severity of the risk regarding Social Security, Medicare and fiscal policy, and how they might act to hedge the risk.

From MarketWatch

Investors gauging the energy squeeze’s severity might want a second opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal

The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon

"The central and innovative approach of our study is to classify patient data according to the severity of the original COVID-19 disease," says Yang Li.

From Science Daily

There is a spectrum of severity, which is categorised as mild, moderate, severe or very severe.

From BBC