Examples of acerbate in a Sentence
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Scientists insist that climate change has acerbated already ripe conditions for calamitous fires, while critics have contended that such devastation is nothing new to the Australian landscape.
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Fox News, 17 Jan. 2020
The goal: Not acerbating people's financial problems.
—Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 23 Oct. 2019
Airlines say the current rule is acerbating a pilot shortage that has caused some regional carriers to cancel flights.
—Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
Fox News, 17 Jan. 2020
The goal: Not acerbating people's financial problems.
—Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 23 Oct. 2019
Airlines say the current rule is acerbating a pilot shortage that has caused some regional carriers to cancel flights.
—Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
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“Acerbate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acerbate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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