severity
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Arendt would later write with matchless severity about statelessness and the “right to have rights”; here those abstractions acquire a prehistory in German-Jewish arrangements that proved disastrously brittle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
As the strategists explained, the severity of July losses for those hedge funds “raises questions” about a risk-management framework that allowed concentrated positions in chip/memory stocks to build up.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The team also said he would undergo an MRI exam to “better understand the severity of the injuries sustained from the scooter accident.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
He said he initially felt frustrated and embarrassed before coming to realise the severity of the situation.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Given the severity of the harm to Sasha, we didn’t expect that the DA would allow the case to be diverted to restorative justice,” she said.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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War risk cover is organised in seven "buckets" spanning different severities of conflict.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
Tailoring these materials could offer personalized solutions for various muscle loss severities.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
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
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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