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MacPherson said county agricultural commissioners have discretion in deciding which enforcement tools — warning letters, written notices, fines — to use in a given situation, depending on the “nature and severity of the violation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Scientists say speed and severity of the Kent outbreak was very unusual.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

A 2018 environmental assessment report identified an increase in the frequency and severity of floods as the project’s greatest climate risk, and said design modifications had addressed those concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

This, of course, has its own nuances — a case-by-case basis depending on the severity of the artist’s wrongdoings — but being a functional adult means learning to measure your own integrity.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

He wondered if the world at large could already see what he was seeing, a disaster mythical in scale and severity.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

War risk cover is organised in seven "buckets" spanning different severities of conflict.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025

It follows hundreds of asthma patients of different ages, sexes, and disease severities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023

“Now, high general inflation and ever higher increases in used and new car prices clearly drive up claims costs for insurers, given that claims frequencies and severities are returning to normal.”

From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

In an untreated forest, what some might see as fuel, others “see as incredible habitat for wildlife because it’s a mosaic of different burn severities that is extraordinarily biodiverse.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

He knew about as much as was known about the anatomy of the brain and the symptoms and severities of lesion and thrombus.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck