heightened
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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
Americans’ sense that 9/11 was transformative has heightened steadily over the past two decades, and it is reasonable to think that the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq had much to do with this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
When it comes to collectible blind boxes, the effect is heightened, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Charles thought she looked like a little old woman, “but with her heightened colour, sparkling eyes & bridled smiles, she looked, as I thought, quite charming.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
