intensification

Example Sentences

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For Ms. Müller and her ethnic-German family, 1945 did not mark the end of fear but the intensification of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“The intensification of conflict in Lebanon and the broader Middle East increases the likelihood of such tragedies,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of Hurricane Melissa were made six times more likely by climate change.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Although such wind intensification has been observed and linked to human activity, measurements still show no major decline in the ocean's carbon uptake -- at least not yet.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

I could pick him out, having learned to notice the subtle physical intensification, a kind of brightness, that signalizes the first phase of kemmer.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin