severe
Example Sentences
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“The software group has been under severe valuation pressure recently due to fears that generative AI technology makes their collective business models easy to replicate and undermine,” said Richard Baldry, senior research analyst at Roth.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
It was this understanding that made the French philosophe so eloquent a defender of the rule of law and so severe a critic of direct taxation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Then Iran would have to shut-in wells, which can cause severe damage and cost it billions of dollars in annual revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Zoe has had endometriosis, which can cause severe pain and heavy bleeding, since she was a teenager.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Garfield's heart was racing, he struggled with each breath, he'd been vomiting every half hour, and he had severe pain in his feet.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing severe
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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