heighten
Example Sentences
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Some oil-related firms have requested a delay in finalizing wage talks in the wake of heightened geopolitical risks, a labor union official says.
Industry experts say artists have had a heightened focus on safety since the 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston, where overcrowding led to the death of 10 people.
From BBC
Anxiety among parents and lawmakers has heightened as platforms and AI chatbots become more intertwined with people’s daily life.
From Los Angeles Times
The scale of the alleged activity—which the Justice Department says involved $2.5 billion worth of servers since 2024—could heighten the perceived risk to the company, the analysts add.
This heightened filtering does not just reduce background noise.
From Science Daily
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