severity
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Treatment for the health issue can vary and depends upon the severity of tissue damage and the cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
A 2018 environmental assessment report identified an increase in the frequency and severity of floods as the project’s greatest climate risk, and said design modifications had addressed those concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
This, of course, has its own nuances — a case-by-case basis depending on the severity of the artist’s wrongdoings — but being a functional adult means learning to measure your own integrity.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Some point out that while drought and El Niño conditions help fires spread, the severity of the haze is also linked to human activity.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
He asks about the severity of the pain and discomfort over the past few days.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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It follows hundreds of asthma patients of different ages, sexes, and disease severities.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023
In an untreated forest, what some might see as fuel, others “see as incredible habitat for wildlife because it’s a mosaic of different burn severities that is extraordinarily biodiverse.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
Overnight curfew rules of varying severities have been in place since a national state of disaster was declared in late March 2020.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
He said Kazimir was accused of the lowest of three severities of crime in Slovakia’s penal code that is punishable by up to five years in prison, but gave no details of the case.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2021
He knew about as much as was known about the anatomy of the brain and the symptoms and severities of lesion and thrombus.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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