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as in crises
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
made offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity
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as in heights
the most extreme or advanced point
at its extremity the fever was actually life-threatening
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Recent Examples of extremities
This disruption of the lymphatic system can cause the extremities or the scrotum to swell tremendously.
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Philip Budge, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
Likewise, lymphatic drainage massage of the extremities is usually safe within the first week of giving birth, according to Morrow.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026
That's when the sheriff's office said a deputy opened fire, hitting the man in the lower extremities.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
The man received a gunshot wound in his lower extremities, according to police.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
The tingling in these extremities can happen abruptly but usually only last for a few minutes.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
The girl was taken to Children’s Hospital with injuries to her extremities and abrasions to her head.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Konfidenz gets at how paranoia, especially the hyper-vigilant attention and the ever-present heat of standing too close to dangerous extremities of action and emotion, can sometime feel, scrambledly, like love.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
When your extremities are warm, blood flows more easily to the skin, allowing excess heat from your core to escape.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Philip Budge, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
Likewise, lymphatic drainage massage of the extremities is usually safe within the first week of giving birth, according to Morrow.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026
That's when the sheriff's office said a deputy opened fire, hitting the man in the lower extremities.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
The man received a gunshot wound in his lower extremities, according to police.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
The tingling in these extremities can happen abruptly but usually only last for a few minutes.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
The girl was taken to Children’s Hospital with injuries to her extremities and abrasions to her head.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Konfidenz gets at how paranoia, especially the hyper-vigilant attention and the ever-present heat of standing too close to dangerous extremities of action and emotion, can sometime feel, scrambledly, like love.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
When your extremities are warm, blood flows more easily to the skin, allowing excess heat from your core to escape.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremities
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Alarmingly, in simulated war games designed to mirror Cold-War-style nuclear crises, AI models overwhelmingly escalated toward nuclear options, choosing tactical nuclear action in 95% of scenarios and rarely opting for de-escalation.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Even gold was caught up in the selling frenzy, odd for a safe haven asset usually turned to during times of crises.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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The new research, published in the journal Nature, reviewed hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Researchers studied hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot (30 centimeters), according to Wednesday's study in the journal Nature.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Several teams around the league appear to be at a crossroads of sorts, and there could be opportunities this summer as a result.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Davion Mitchell has been here before, the risk-reward crossroads between going full speed, shoulder first through a hard screen or practicing prudence.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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Eco effort Water from the lake is pumped from depths of 164 feet and filtered into the hotel’s air conditioning system to cool the rooms in summer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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Progress is limited by the lack of publicly available benchmark datasets with data captured from multiple types of sensors using realistic mine deployments and precise ground truth, meaning the actual positions and depths of the target mines.—
Sagar Lekhak,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
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Video circulating on social media shows tense moments inside the cabin as passengers were instructed to put their heads down and raise their hands while armed officers entered the plane.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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Members of the mother’s group, Walker’s family and advocates, held hands and in unison bowed their heads to listen.—
Mariana Navarrete Villegas,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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Even the countries with bypass options face limits.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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HostArmada may lack Windows server support and has stricter storage and database size limits compared with rivals offering similar plans.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Extremities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremities. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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