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
Exports rose 36.3% from a year earlier in September, beating market expectations and potentially threatening to heighten trade tensions with major partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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
A dry winter will make the current drought worse and heighten government concerns.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Oppenheimer case did more than heighten the conflict between scientists and bureaucracy; it also caused a deep rift within the scientific community that would not be healed for years.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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This is focused on a dispute with Saudi Arabia but heightens insecurity for international shipping.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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
Before the shadows grew quite dark, a barouche or two, with ladies and livery, would drive across the Piazza, giving a whiff of fashion like the gleam of red costume that heightens a landscape.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
The team then evaluated the technology using thousands of additional patient records from the United States and Taiwan, testing whether the patterns could reliably identify people at heightened risk in different populations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Duale said the government would maintain heightened surveillance at border crossings, airports, health facilities and communities throughout the countdown.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
The heightened scrutiny of Huang may start with Nvidia’s internal investigation, but it won’t stop there.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
“As we navigate heightened macro uncertainties and ongoing volatility, our conviction in building a deeper and more diverse multi-asset ecosystem has only strengthened.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in himself, a serene capacity for affection which saved him.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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Increased attention on data scalers’ energy demands is heightening pressure on the technology industry to be more transparent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
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
Was he not heightening the horror of his own end by straining after a flickering hope?
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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