as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
Maintaining the house's expansive gardens requires intensive effort.
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Recent Examples of intensive
But maintaining security over the strait would require a high-risk, resource-intensive operation that could be a yearslong American commitment.
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Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Ursic’s time here is part of the Shakti Design Residency, an intensive, monthlong program that brings international designers to India to collaborate directly with the country’s leading craftspeople—stone carvers, metalworkers, wood artisans—inside their workshops.
—Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
That intensive treatment protocol relied on principles from the SPRINT trial.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 Apr. 2026
So this is a more intensive technique to be able to get DNA information from it.
—Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Ursic’s time here is part of the Shakti Design Residency, an intensive, monthlong program that brings international designers to India to collaborate directly with the country’s leading craftspeople—stone carvers, metalworkers, wood artisans—inside their workshops.
—Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
That intensive treatment protocol relied on principles from the SPRINT trial.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 Apr. 2026
So this is a more intensive technique to be able to get DNA information from it.
—Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensive
Adjective
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Finally, consistent physical activity is more important than intense exercise.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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The songs on the last few Bon Iver albums often sound like excerpts from a longer dialogue, at turns offhanded and intense, among collaborators.—
Mitch Therieau,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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Some diehard Beliebers—Justin’s fiercest fans—were already camped out near the front barricades.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
12 Apr. 2026
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Competition is fierce within China’s tech sector.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Blown out, extravagant, dripping with ferocious malaise and desperation, but precisely arranged for the maximum possible emotional effect.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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For many involved, the partnership also represents a deeper cultural milestone, blending Korean flavors and storytelling with a brand that shaped their childhoods.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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For now, gone are the days of a seven-deep Knicks rotation under Thibodeau that forced Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and Hart to log heavy minutes.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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At that point, something terrible, something on the scale of the Maidan protests in Ukraine in 2014, is not inconceivable.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Between some horrendous screw-ups, terrible decision-making, and some plain old bad luck, their situation, and that of their mother, Linda Morelli (Laurie Metcalf), who is running for mayor, only gets worse.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensive. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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