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acute

[uh-kyoot] / əˈkyut /






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Bean died the next year, at 60, 11 months after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The returns trend is particularly acute in larger sizes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The concern has been particularly acute in Europe, which before the conflict got about 60% of its jet fuel from refineries in the Persian Gulf.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

It is clear that I am the only person at Trump Doral who has taken an acute interest in Don Colossus.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

This second transition poses in acute form our question about who the Japanese are.

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




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