alarming

Example Sentences

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The label said it had "a duty to speak up" and "encourage public discourse", because AI is proliferating at an "alarming rate and substantially outpacing regulation".

From BBC

A recent report from the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee described the increase in the number of heterosexual women of all ages contracting the disease as "alarming".

From BBC

In alarming numbers, people are skipping meals to save money, paying bills with credit cards and tapping into savings.

From Salon

"This isn't the first study with such alarming results, which only reinforces the need for urgent action to protect children's health," Rocha concludes.

From Science Daily

The government had warned a day earlier that overturning the vetoes could have "immediate and hard-to-reverse effects," citing the "alarming rise in extreme climate disasters."

From Barron's