acute
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The parents of a 3-year-old girl who experienced acute kidney failure after eating contaminated beef at The Kebab Shop in Costa Mesa also filed a lawsuit against the restaurant chain and Olympia Foods.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Previous neuropathological studies of severe acute COVID-19 have reported clear signs of inflammation in the brain.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
She and her husband, Justin, dropped their daughter off at her grandparents’ and rushed to Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where Waldorf worked as an acute care physical therapist.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Supplies to the administrative capital La Paz have for weeks been cut off by road blockades, causing acute shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
The distress is so acute, it is almost unbearable.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing acute
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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