heighten
Example Sentences
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“However, due to heightened uncertainty about the Middle East situation, the outlook for business conditions is expected to deteriorate, making the timing of subsequent rate hikes difficult to predict,” they add.
That suggests heightened volatility into next month’s earnings season and could put a cap on fresh capital flowing into the space.
From Barron's
Worldwide shipments are expected to fall a historic 12% this year, according to Counterpoint, a tech-market researcher, with heightened component costs driving up prices and dampening consumer spending.
To be clear, the movie wasn’t what it claimed to be, but a bizarre blend of staged scenes and found footage, which only heightened its notoriety as an unclean object.
From Los Angeles Times
The VIX index, a fear gauge, is around 29 points, indicating options traders expect heightened volatility.
From Barron's
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