heighten
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Cybersecurity stocks have been hot this year as investors have reasoned that artificial intelligence will heighten the need for digital protection.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
“Seeking ways to craft narratives without audible dialogue,” reads the show’s introductory wall text, “filmmakers used costume to convey character, drive plot, and heighten emotion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
And while one more leg down in bonds would present an “incredible buying opportunity,” McDonald said, surging energy prices are continuing to heighten the risk of recession.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Temperatures are forecast to rise, and wind later this week could heighten conditions for fire to spread more easily, according to the National Weather Service in Spokane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The ambiguity in Woman Holding a Balance serves to heighten our interest and pleasure, while the carefully organized composition expresses the artist’s underlying concept with singular clarity.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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“Lee” Xinyuan Li’s lighting heightens the sense of theatrical foreboding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The latest threat heightens the risk the neighboring countries could descend into all-out economic conflict and casts further doubt over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Feeding wild birds heightens the risk of disease transmission at feeding locations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
But out of all the co-creators and producers’ names listed in the drama’s credits, it’s Lindelof’s that heightens our expectations, owing to his outstanding success with his 2019 reinterpretation of “Watchmen.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
No external Circumstance heightens the Fever more, nor inclines the Patient more to a Delirium or Raving, than the Persons in the Chamber, and especially about the Bed.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
It also takes place amid heightened tensions with neighbouring Eritrea, with concerns over the possibility of renewed conflict between the two countries.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Both years were exceptionally hot, partly because of natural influences such as El Niño and a period of heightened solar activity known as the solar maximum.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
The pressure on him has been heightened by controversial comments from senior players Lisandro Martinez and Bruno Fernandes attacking the club's recruitment and his tactics.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
In his enhanced form, Captain Marvel possesses powers such as superhuman strength and speed, heightened intelligence and the ability to wield lightning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 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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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
While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, heightening the risk of such disasters.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The outbreak is still not under control and is taking place in a conflict zone with very mobile populations – heightening the need for a vaccine to help stop the spread of disease.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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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