acute
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For example, acute myeloid leukemia—the disease that afflicted Kennedy family member Tatiana Schlossberg before she died in December—remains among the hardest to cure, frequently recurring despite intensive chemotherapy and transplantation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The heart failure caused him to suffer acute pulmonary oedema, when fluid builds up in the lungs, the preliminary autopsy confirmed.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs -- two weeks after going under the knife.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Those risks are especially acute for waters near storm drains, creeks and rivers, it said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Over him breaks a wave of homesickness so acute that he has to clamp his eyes.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing acute
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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