as in deepening
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
intensified her efforts to preserve the town's historic buildings and landmarks
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Recent Examples of intensifying
This move is part of an intensifying global competition for seabed resources, with nations like the United States also vying for control.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
The state has also advanced in large-scale restoration through innovative mechanisms such as restoration concessions, while intensifying actions to combat deforestation and forest fires.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
There are guns, horses, ghosts, a primal struggle for survival in hostile terrain, family feuds and a steadily intensifying sense of mortal threat, as Old Porch’s ambition and psychopathy escalate the drama.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Our arrival in August coincided with high-water season on the river, when submerged trees decay, intensifying its tealike color.
—Idra Novey, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
This comes as the international space race is intensifying, with the US aiming to return astronauts to the moon as early as 2027.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The model showed waves intensifying to 25 feet or higher, particularly at the time and location on Lake Superior where the Fitzgerald sank.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
But, increasingly, events that should appall and unite America against violence instead fuel an intensifying partisanship.
—John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, delays in travel are intensifying.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
The state has also advanced in large-scale restoration through innovative mechanisms such as restoration concessions, while intensifying actions to combat deforestation and forest fires.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
There are guns, horses, ghosts, a primal struggle for survival in hostile terrain, family feuds and a steadily intensifying sense of mortal threat, as Old Porch’s ambition and psychopathy escalate the drama.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Our arrival in August coincided with high-water season on the river, when submerged trees decay, intensifying its tealike color.
—Idra Novey, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
This comes as the international space race is intensifying, with the US aiming to return astronauts to the moon as early as 2027.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The model showed waves intensifying to 25 feet or higher, particularly at the time and location on Lake Superior where the Fitzgerald sank.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
But, increasingly, events that should appall and unite America against violence instead fuel an intensifying partisanship.
—John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, delays in travel are intensifying.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensifying
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Midseason blows followed, as rookie Caiya Hanks and newcomer Julie Dufour suffered anterior cruciate ligament tears, only deepening the challenge.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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With the climate crisis only deepening each year, throwing natural cycles and seasons into disarray, Japan is now bracing for future spikes in human-bear encounters each fall and spring.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Taylor opted to go sans top beneath the jacket, heightening the commanding sensual style.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Sticky candies, on the other hand—like Twizzlers and Starbursts—stay on the teeth longer, heightening the risk of cavities.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Several tech players are already constructing private energy plants for their own use as part of their data center buildouts, so there is nothing radical about Democrats insisting on tying approvals for data centers to bearing the cost of enhancing the public grid.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Gemini is also enhancing Lens in Maps.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Corps proposed strengthening the bank by implementing riprap, or rocks.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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According to the National Weather Service, a strengthening cold front is making its way across the country toward Nashville.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Intensifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensifying. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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