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
Meta is also making major investments in geothermal technology as a less fossil fuel–intensive way to generate power.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 June 2025
Apex scavengers are disproportionately affected by activities like intensive livestock production, land use changes and the wildlife trade.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
Disability Belongs also plans to hold a second in-person intensive focused on unscripted content later this year.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 June 2025
This led authorities to issue an AMBER Alert for the missing child, launching an intensive investigation involving New Castle County Police, Maryland State Police and the FBI.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 June 2025
Apex scavengers are disproportionately affected by activities like intensive livestock production, land use changes and the wildlife trade.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
Disability Belongs also plans to hold a second in-person intensive focused on unscripted content later this year.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 June 2025
This led authorities to issue an AMBER Alert for the missing child, launching an intensive investigation involving New Castle County Police, Maryland State Police and the FBI.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensive
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Moster has long been a target of intense scorn in the Orthodox world.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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Beijing is also working to draw Europe closer as the continent faces intense pressure from Washington; for example, China has lifted sanctions on members of the European Parliament and dangled other concessions ahead of an EU-Chinese summit scheduled for July 2025.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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The Supreme Court cases that set off the fiercest conflicts among the justices aren’t always the hot-button ones.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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And competition is fierce: Waymo has elite tech, Amazon’s Zoox is quietly advancing, and China’s Baidu is pushing fast in its home market.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The Manchester City striker is one of the global game’s most ferocious and intelligent goalscorers.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Now, she’s added another competitive event to her list of favorites: F1, or Formula 1, largely considered the world's most ferocious and high-tech form of auto racing.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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What people have not always had is either the awareness or deep enough pockets, which means FIFA should reduce prices and fill these stadiums.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Many of those affected are still caught in a holding pattern, trying to figure out how to receive their passports, while others have conflicting emotions as the policy's impact went far deeper than just not having a passport.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Rarely great, and consistently cringey in that NHL way we’re used to by now, but rarely terrible.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Even the ones that aren’t strictly evil in the biblical sense are often prone to doing terrible things.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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“Intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensive. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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