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Recent Examples of acutely
As someone of Scottish- heritage, Rae-Smith was acutely aware of the cultural weight grillz carry.
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Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Record attack drone launches are designed to overwhelm Kyiv’s defenses, and the deaths of children in the city (another infant was killed in an apartment building alongside her mother Sunday) are the one thing Trump seems to feel acutely – bar being complimented or shunned by Putin.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
The big wild card going into the fall will be the full impact of tariffs, expected to be felt acutely in the second half of the year.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Outwardly, the men’s village doesn’t much change across decades, though differences in way of life and communal spirit are acutely felt.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
And its impact will be felt most acutely by low-income Americans.
—Neale Mahoney, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
The larger economies—New Jersey, California, New York—will feel it more acutely because of their size and outsized impact on GDP.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Because those clients are struggling themselves, Hayes said her business is feeling the strain acutely.
—The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
For a region to be classified as in famine at least 20% of people must be suffering extreme food shortages, with one in three children acutely malnourished and two people out of every 10,000 dying daily from starvation or malnutrition and disease.
—Michelle Nichols, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Record attack drone launches are designed to overwhelm Kyiv’s defenses, and the deaths of children in the city (another infant was killed in an apartment building alongside her mother Sunday) are the one thing Trump seems to feel acutely – bar being complimented or shunned by Putin.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
The big wild card going into the fall will be the full impact of tariffs, expected to be felt acutely in the second half of the year.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Outwardly, the men’s village doesn’t much change across decades, though differences in way of life and communal spirit are acutely felt.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
And its impact will be felt most acutely by low-income Americans.
—Neale Mahoney, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
The larger economies—New Jersey, California, New York—will feel it more acutely because of their size and outsized impact on GDP.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Because those clients are struggling themselves, Hayes said her business is feeling the strain acutely.
—The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
For a region to be classified as in famine at least 20% of people must be suffering extreme food shortages, with one in three children acutely malnourished and two people out of every 10,000 dying daily from starvation or malnutrition and disease.
—Michelle Nichols, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acutely
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More Americans are keenly searching for ways to live abroad and how and where to obtain second passports, and Argentina is certainly one to watch.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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European countries have broadly pledged to increase military spending, although nations forming NATO's eastern flank, close to Russia, have more keenly felt Moscow's presence and traditionally spent a higher percentage of their GDP on defense.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Prague, Czech Republic,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Frank Olton, 76, was found on Monday tied to a pole in his basement suffering from multiple stab wounds, and his wife Maureen Olton, 77, was found on the house's first floor, severely burned, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference on Tuesday.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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One of every $8 in outstanding US credit card debt was severely delinquent at the end of June, the highest level since 2010.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That truth, that bitterness, ought to cut more sharply than the Super Bowl shellacking.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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This allowed the craft to maintain control and stability even when sharply tilted against the current.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Wryly funny and poignantly tender, Frank and Percy is a heartfelt, life-affirming tale about the courage to take a chance on love at any age.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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At a couple of points, Ben Hania (whose work has often blurred the line between narrative and documentary) even brings in real footage of these people, poignantly placing them against their onscreen counterparts.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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The data speaks more harshly than any anecdote.—
Yermys Pena,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Importantly, the association urged owners not to discipline their pups harshly for the behavior.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Opioid addiction is distressingly common in nearly every contact and combat sport, but Kerr was isolated from the endemic abuse of painkillers in the industry.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Naturally, the theft of the ghost shirt by the stooges in the employ of Roy Lee is accompanied by many deceased bodies — the first of the many bloodbaths in Americana, which has a distressingly expedient approach to on-screen carnage.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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Video footage from the day shows Beau, 4, pacing the hallway and sitting miserably after his little brother said goodbye to him before going to school.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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For many, this summer has felt like one of the most miserably hot in recent memory.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement A recent spate of darkly glittering comedies give us the opportunity to do just that.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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The darkly comedic espionage drama, which received a very early Season 7 renewal, follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known affectionately as Slough House.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Acutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acutely. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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