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 lack of rent-paying tenants that has driven down office values has become more acute since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Cargoes are diverting from Europe to Asia, where the shock from the Persian Gulf is most acute and traders can earn a premium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

But it was through that audit that the trust became aware there had been "inappropriate access that spread from their own trust to the acute trust".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

He then spent three weeks in bed, made miserable by constant aching in limbs, insomnia, nervous tension, and feelings of acute anxiety.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson