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severe

[suh-veer] / səˈvɪər /




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Bang has limited contact with her grown-up daughter, and fell into severe depression after major back surgery, spending hours alone staring at the ceiling in pain.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Food insufficiency is considered more severe than food insecurity, defined as having access to food but worrying about it running out or not being nutritious enough.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

But the impacts of El Niño will occur on top of those from long-term climate change - which could fuel increasingly severe weather extremes.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

It said 22 million people were exposed to moderate to severe shaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

As the population expanded, Malthus reasoned, its resource pool would be depleted, and competition between individuals would grow severe.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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