heighten
Example Sentences
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Industry experts say artists have had a heightened focus on safety since the 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston, where overcrowding led to the death of 10 people.
From BBC
Anxiety among parents and lawmakers has heightened as platforms and AI chatbots become more intertwined with people’s daily life.
From Los Angeles Times
The scale of the alleged activity—which the Justice Department says involved $2.5 billion worth of servers since 2024—could heighten the perceived risk to the company, the analysts add.
This heightened filtering does not just reduce background noise.
From Science Daily
It fuels narratives about a future in which AI takes over the economy, leading to heightened insecurity for all of us while providing cover for companies that might be laying off workers for other reasons.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
