intensively

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Recent Examples of intensively The pork producers group has also intensively lobbied for legislation called the Save Our Bacon Act, which would overturn the state laws. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026 Whalers hunted bowheads intensively in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, pushing them towards extinction. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working intensively to reduce their dependence on the strait, building pipelines and investing in storage facilities to transport their oil by other routes. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026 Owning several cars, intensively studying both the new and used car markets and testing so many vehicles has taught me a lot about what makes a great automobile. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 All clubs have succession plans and Stuttgart’s Germany midfielder Angelo Stiller and Victor Froholdt of Porto, a Denmark international, are among the players to have been scouted intensively. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026 Claude cannot have or raise kids—intensively or otherwise—or possess any insight into yours or mine, or know what your kid wants for dinner. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 16 July 2026 The lower mowing ranges are commonly used for recreational turf areas that are more intensively managed. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 June 2026 One big concern is that screens are intensively stimulating for young people because they are held up close and engage young viewers with things such as fast cuts and colors. — CNN Money, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensively
Adverb
  • Economists expect Beijing to lean harder on stimulus to stabilize corporate profitability, as consolidation accelerates in sectors already facing sluggish demand, fierce competition and cutthroat price wars.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Roberts saluted Díaz for working hard to get back to an uncertain assignment.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • According to this data, starting in the 1990s, ice began disappearing more intensely.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • If key artificial intelligence players like Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta are included, the trillion-dollar company cohort has become intensely concentrated within artificial intelligence and its upstream and downstream supply chains.
    — , CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The product is applied to dry lengths and ends and works diligently to tame flyaways once you’re done drying.
    — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
  • That said, while these rates are some of the best available now, savers may be able to find even higher options by diligently shopping around online.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Acuña was tended to for several minutes by the Braves trainer, with Weiss looking on intently, before heading straight to the home clubhouse.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As the Israeli media focussed intently on the incursion, Einhorn grew restless about the progress of the pro-Qatar campaign.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • While the springs continuously flow, the resort keeps on evolving.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Plant operators will be able to stretch their operating cycles to 24 months, cutting down on expensive refueling outages and keeping the plant running continuously for longer stretches.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Rudi Schreiner, a cofounder of the company, originally hoped to include El Banco but had to cut the town from the itinerary due to the Magdalena's arduously bendy approach to the riverside village.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After an arduously long winter, these narrow, modestly sized shops have been—with a suddenness and intensity that only TikTok and Instagram can foment—thronged.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Adverb
  • Netflix has worked assiduously to burnish its reputation as a home for advertisers seeking to align themselves with its popular programs and eager to avoid the traditional model of deploying typical 30-second commercials.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Austrian Alpine Club bills itself as the country’s largest youth organization, with more than seven hundred thousand members—close to a tenth of the population—assiduously steered toward skiing, hiking, camping, climbing.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Adverb
  • Fauci has strenuously denied those allegations, arguing the studies Paul cited did not constitute gain-of-function research under federal definitions, which Paul rejected.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • In an interview with CNN last week, the female staffer strenuously denied this.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026

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“Intensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensively. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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