extreme

Example Sentences

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"This includes instances of extreme weather such as heavy rainfall events or very warm summers triggering earlier than expected surges, suggesting an increasing unpredictability in their behavior."

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

Sanders suffered injuries, including a concussion, headaches, possible traumatic brain injury, back and tailbone injuries and extreme mental anguish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Banks said this lending is heavily collateralized, and protected from all but the most extreme credit losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Susquehanna analyst Christopher Jacobson told MarketWatch that Microsoft’s move this week has come as part of a broader rally among beaten-down software stocks, though it also stands out as an extreme “rebound-type play.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

However, there were two men in that little band who scorned to weigh the chances of success or failure, to whom the extreme peril of the attempt was a reason for making it.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton