heighten
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A dry winter will make the current drought worse and heighten government concerns.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Reinvigorating free markets requires a broad effort to heighten economic competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Psychologically, mirrors heighten self-awareness, and thus prompt people to behave better overall, more in line with ideals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
"Even without a new product launch today, Huawei's intent is clear — and its trajectory will likely heighten US concerns."
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Hunger can heighten perception, but not when combined with extreme fatigue; I suppose all my senses were very much deadened.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
“Lee” Xinyuan Li’s lighting heightens the sense of theatrical foreboding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Feeding wild birds heightens the risk of disease transmission at feeding locations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Investors are willing to accept such rates because of the volatility of AI shares, which heightens the appeal of the potential stock conversion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Invasive meningococcal disease tend to peak in October to November each year, which further heightens the risk.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
These are the charms which ne’er decay, Tho’ youth and beauty fade away; And time, which all things else removes, Still heightens virtue and improves.
From Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Edward Caldwell Moore
Amid heightened economic anxiety and inflation, shoppers are increasingly looking for ways to save.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Fears are heightened over rogue AI after OpenAI technology operating outside human supervision hacked into Hugging Face, a repository of AI models.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
But it inched up again in its September reading due to heightened fears about market volatility, outliving savings, housing and cognitive decline.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Investor concerns about potential intervention may also be heightened given the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. on Monday, when foreign-exchange intervention could have an outsized impact given thin trading volumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Anxiety on Jane’s behalf was another prevailing concern; and Mr. Darcy’s explanation, by restoring Bingley to all her former good opinion, heightened the sense of what Jane had lost.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Climate change has been heating up Southern California for some time, heightening fire danger and worsening droughts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company has bolstered the memory capacity on its devices to support these capabilities — simultaneously heightening its supply-chain cost pressures.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
Great for heightening drama, terrible for addressing the country's immediate difficulties.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, located in the so-called "Dry Corridor", all set monthly temperature records in both June and July, heightening concerns over famine.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Cutie said nothing, nor did any other robot, but Donovan became aware of a sudden heightening of tension.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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