heighten
Example Sentences
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Inflationary pressures in Japan could heighten as flight-to-safety demand for the dollar pushes the yen toward 160, the threshold that puts traders on guard for potential government intervention.
It was deployed first to the Caribbean amid heightened tensions with Venezuela and was sent to the Middle East in February.
From BBC
“This scenario requires caution from emerging market economies amid heightened volatility of asset and commodities prices.”
Stocks closed near session lows after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said rising oil prices could heighten inflation expectations and hurt U.S. growth.
But he also noted that investors should expect to endure heightened market volatility, especially with “triple witching” options expiry on Friday looming, “until the energy situation stabilizes.”
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
