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 with fifty per cent, there are just entire industries that are labor intensive whose exports are no longer viable.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Both are intensive programs designed to strengthen the craft and careers of independent producers, where Fellows work closely with industry professionals and advisors, gaining practical insights into the art and business of producing while refining specific projects.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
On her wedding eve, Kate sat through two hours of intensive hair prep, including a wash, blow-dry and curl-setting.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
If models like Claude are able to become more capable of autonomous work, especially in complex, time-intensive domains like software engineering, the implications for businesses and employees could be significant.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Both are intensive programs designed to strengthen the craft and careers of independent producers, where Fellows work closely with industry professionals and advisors, gaining practical insights into the art and business of producing while refining specific projects.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
On her wedding eve, Kate sat through two hours of intensive hair prep, including a wash, blow-dry and curl-setting.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
If models like Claude are able to become more capable of autonomous work, especially in complex, time-intensive domains like software engineering, the implications for businesses and employees could be significant.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensive
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During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Safdie perceptively locates the protagonist’s troubling inner contradictions—the atavistic fury that drives him to compete and the intense self-control that competition demands—but dramatizes such outer crises as opioid addiction and conflict with his girlfriend (Emily Blunt) only schematically.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As Auberge continues expanding into urban markets and deepening its European presence, the challenge will be maintaining that fierce independence at scale.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Rescuers are struggling to reach at least 200 hikers trapped in a Mount Everest valley by an unexpectedly fierce weekend snowstorm that pounded the mountain with snow and heavy rain, according to Chinese state media CCTV.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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In a competition bear-ly more ferocious, 12 chunky brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve have been battling it out in one of the most cutthroat places on the planet – the internet.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The numbers may not leap off the page, but one of Sunday’s most exciting clashes was the 60-minute chess match between the Detroit Lions’ run game and the Cleveland Browns’ ferocious defensive front.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
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That's a terrible average to bet your life on.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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When his estranged daughter Sam tracks him down, in a last-ditch effort to dig her way out of serious trouble, Mickey must choose between rekindling his relationship with his daughter in the face of a terrible tragedy or pursuing a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensive. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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