severe
Example Sentences
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You are forgoing any increases in the stock market and hedging your bets against a severe downturn in the market.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 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
But getting more AI-capable products into the market will be tricky given the severe memory crunch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Their most severe scenario was the current Hormuz reality, whereby the strait, the former conduit of about a fifth of the world’s crude and crude products, essentially closed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Ellsberg spent the next three months in a hospital bed, recovering from a severe concussion and a broken knee.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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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