intensive

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The acknowledgment underscores that despite weeks of intensive U.S. operations targeting Iran’s missile infrastructure, the threat has not been fully eliminated and continues to be a factor in the military operation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

But climate change and intensive farming have reduced the variety of flowers bees depend on.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

That set off days of intensive efforts using boats to make waves, then excavators to dig up sand and free the whale, as fears grew for its life.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

My brother really needs to be in a nursing home to receive the prescribed intensive rehabilitative services.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Is it intensive food production that is the cause, triggering population growth and somehow leading to a complex society?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond