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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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Politicians are keenly aware that tax refunds — and rebates — can be effective tools for currying favor with voters.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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With Venice the fall’s first awards season launchpad, eyes will be keenly trained on how the jury swings tonight.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
6 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
Adverb
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The report said that water storage in Washington’s five reservoirs in the Yakima River Basin has dropped sharply, bringing levels, at times, to some of the lowest measured since record-keeping started in 1971.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Conversely, if rates rise sharply, Buffett can earn more on cash and bonds while waiting, raising the bar for equity investments.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Kirk’s chair remained at the table, poignantly empty.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
14 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
Adverb
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Hilleary, at the campaign event, also harshly criticized Biden’s immigration policies and his administration’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Always use gentle, soft tools like an old toothbrush to scrub away grime in tough corners or nooks, but avoid scrubbing harshly.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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The only good thing is that the Dodgers have been failing miserably and somehow the Pads remain in contention.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 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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The Last Viking, the latest collaboration between Danish writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen and his longtime muses Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas, is a wild, darkly comic fable about brotherhood, identity and the limits of sanity.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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The setpiece is brutally gruesome, darkly comic, and viscerally ambitious.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Acutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acutely. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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