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intensive

[in-ten-siv] / ɪnˈtɛn sɪv /


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Many of the rescued eggs have successfully hatched, with the chicks now receiving "intensive" care to "maximise their chances of survival", it added.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

The move is expected to trigger months of intensive debate among lawmakers about how to boost the American nuclear industry while curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Yang, the future Moonshot founder, began intensive training in programming at age 17, competing in China’s National Olympiad in Informatics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

AI processing is extremely energy intensive, and China has demanded that data centres draw 80 percent of their power from renewable sources by the end of this decade.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Maize originated, litis postulated, in a strange, wholesale mutation of teosinte, to which Indians added and subtracted features through intensive breeding.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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