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
The fuel standard has helped companies producing some of the most carbon-intensive oil in the US to continue operating, though.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
However, these initiatives further lock communities with coal plants into a carbon-intensive fossil fuel.
—Kate Hua-Ke Chi, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
To be sure, an intensive, semester-long course at Stanford like this one is very different from a three-week open course like Joyner’s.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
In hospital or clinical settings, more intensive measures may be used, such as intravenous fluids, cooling blankets or treatments for the underlying cause such as a prescription of antibiotics for bacterial infections.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
However, these initiatives further lock communities with coal plants into a carbon-intensive fossil fuel.
—Kate Hua-Ke Chi, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
To be sure, an intensive, semester-long course at Stanford like this one is very different from a three-week open course like Joyner’s.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
In hospital or clinical settings, more intensive measures may be used, such as intravenous fluids, cooling blankets or treatments for the underlying cause such as a prescription of antibiotics for bacterial infections.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intensive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensive
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Thus, current fears reinforce a pre-existing localism, and infuse it with new and intense emotions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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After at least half a decade of acute concern about the way that platforms such as Instagram may affect young people, as well as intense debate about how best to keep kids safe online, Meta has arrived at a label that was invented in the 1980s because parents were upset by movies such as Gremlins.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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Children’s Health Defense, the organization Kennedy built into one of the fiercest foes of childhood vaccines, took interest in the Idaho bill early on.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
20 Oct. 2025
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Two-time All Pro linebacker James Harrison led a fierce Pittsburgh Steelers defense for years, winning Defensive Player of the Year in 2008.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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As previously announced, Andrew Garfield stars as the legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Garfield is leading the feature that is now in production, portraying the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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The beginning of the series had such deep ties to the death of Riley.—
Alamin Yohannes,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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In fact, in an age where anyone can turn themselves into content or media, self-producing their own persona, this theme hits even deeper than ever.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sunday will also be Gabriel’s first NFL start in terrible weather.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensive. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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