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Recent Examples of acutely
This shared historical reality is why this moment resonates so acutely.
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Essence, 6 Jan. 2026
Retailers have felt this acutely, especially those selling discretionary items such as costume jewelry, crafts and furniture, which consumers often forgo to afford groceries, utilities and rent.
—Aaron Gregg, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2025
All of that has largely ceased, and the loss of purchasing power is acutely felt.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
It is felt most acutely by the people already facing the greatest barriers.
—Uché Blackstock, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
In this chastened state, Crumb is acutely aware of his mortality, and facing it with more clarity each day.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
Their grey hairs and perhaps softer physiques, things that many of us will be forced to reckon with over time, are juxtaposed with an athleticism that seems superhuman to someone acutely aware of how much even just sleeping wrong can hurt after a certain age.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Rural communities, often served by immigrant physicians, and urban nursing homes, reliant on immigrant aides, will feel this most acutely.
—Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Children under 18 are generally exempt from the ID requirement when traveling domestically with an adult, meaning the impact is felt most acutely by adults.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Essence, 6 Jan. 2026
Retailers have felt this acutely, especially those selling discretionary items such as costume jewelry, crafts and furniture, which consumers often forgo to afford groceries, utilities and rent.
—Aaron Gregg, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2025
All of that has largely ceased, and the loss of purchasing power is acutely felt.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
It is felt most acutely by the people already facing the greatest barriers.
—Uché Blackstock, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
In this chastened state, Crumb is acutely aware of his mortality, and facing it with more clarity each day.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
Their grey hairs and perhaps softer physiques, things that many of us will be forced to reckon with over time, are juxtaposed with an athleticism that seems superhuman to someone acutely aware of how much even just sleeping wrong can hurt after a certain age.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
Rural communities, often served by immigrant physicians, and urban nursing homes, reliant on immigrant aides, will feel this most acutely.
—Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Children under 18 are generally exempt from the ID requirement when traveling domestically with an adult, meaning the impact is felt most acutely by adults.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acutely
Adverb
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Tucker remains the biggest name available on the market, with the Toronto Blue Jays among the clubs keenly interested in adding the outfielder.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Ancient and not-so-ancient cultures were keenly aware of the sun’s annual cycle in the sky, and many worshipped it.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
21 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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In the ninth century, a severely disabled woman was buried, her feet bound, in an annex of the church in Elsau, outside Zürich.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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The time is never right to severely chop off your crape myrtle.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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When powered by renewable energy, electric roads can sharply reduce transport emissions.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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After accounting for its large interest expenses, those margins turn sharply negative.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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In times of increasing cynicism and apathy in the zeitgeist, this phantasm extravaganza — at once humorously deadpan in its playful tableaus and poignantly sincere at its emotional core — feels like a breath of fresh air.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Oct. 2025
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These reminders, that rewards are built into our criminal-justice system while closure and peace are harder to come by, land more poignantly than the story of Gein’s outsize influence on Psycho and Alfred Hitchcock’s disappointment that audiences wanted more of it.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In a press conference later in the day, Mayor Frey, 44, harshly condemned the actions of ICE in his city and pushed back against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) claims that the agent involved in the fatal shooting acted in self defense.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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One of his non-Jewish primary opponents, Palm Coast City Council member Charles Gambaro, harshly criticized Fine’s Gaza remarks and declared that Gambaro, too, would seek AIPAC’s endorsement.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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His lashes are long, the eyes deep-set, large and intense, staring piercingly into you.—
Touré,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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How could the woman who wrote so piercingly about women’s subjugation subjugate herself to not just one but two men?—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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That can be forgiven thanks to the film’s evocative imagery and the emotional resonance of its central themes, distressingly familiar to anyone who has ever lost themselves in a relationship.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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Reports of politically motivated violence are distressingly common – ranging from mass shootings, car-ramming attacks and assaults at demonstrations to assassination attempts, kidnappings and threats targeting mayors, governors, political activists and members of Congress.—
Justin Pickett,
The Conversation,
17 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Biden polled miserably on the economy, too.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The jeers continued after the play itself failed miserably.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Acutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acutely. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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