intensification

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In characteristic Ionesco fashion, the work proceeds through intensification, a steady ratcheting up of the situation, rather than through traditional narrative development.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

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

Much of the conservation effort is focused on protecting and enlarging the habitats butterflies need to survive, particularly in the face of land-use changes, including the intensification of farming and environmental degradation.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

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

Within the last 5,000 years, some of those productive regions witnessed an intensification of Aboriginal food-gathering methods, and a buildup of Aboriginal population density.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond