heightened
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Look for heightened efforts to address Social Security’s solvency woes as a result of the election.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
She has since heightened her vetting and no longer rents her house for just one night.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Companies across Europe are on heightened alert after a spate of suspected hacks of supermarket fridges and freezers in recent days caused chaos.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Because the study was observational, it cannot determine whether eating ultra-processed foods directly causes heightened brain activity or increases in body weight.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
So it was that my generation was born into a decade of heightened conflict.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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