acute

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Issues around neutrality are likely to become particularly acute as OpenAI is expected to list publicly as soon as this year and competition ramps up with its AI peer Anthropic.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The impacts on wildlife and people are particularly acute when there is dry spilling i.e. sewage is released when it has not been raining.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The problem is an acute shortage of housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

In India, facing an acute cooking-oil shortage, the government wants to expand the natural-gas network, a buildout that could boost LNG demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

I venture that he has an attitude, and she nods as if that were an acute diagnosis.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich