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as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
made offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity
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as in height
the most extreme or advanced point
at its extremity the fever was actually life-threatening
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Recent Examples of extremity
According to police, one woman was shot in the extremity, two juvenile males had lower extremity injuries, and an adult male and female with lower extremity injuries were admitted into area hospitals, all with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
According to police, the five additional walk-in victims included a woman with a gunshot wound to an extremity, two boys with lower extremity injuries and a man and woman with lower extremity injuries.
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Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
In other words, no update on America’s most important lower extremity.
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Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Other lower extremity muscles like your quadriceps and calf muscles can be at risk, too.
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
According to police, the five additional walk-in victims included a woman with a gunshot wound to an extremity, two boys with lower extremity injuries and a man and woman with lower extremity injuries.
—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
In other words, no update on America’s most important lower extremity.
—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Other lower extremity muscles like your quadriceps and calf muscles can be at risk, too.
—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for extremity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremity
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Andrea Davis, president and CEO of The Resiliency Initiative, has spent 25 years planning emergency response and crisis management for organizations including Disney, Walmart, the FIFA World Cup and Times Square's New Year's Eve celebration.
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Psychological trauma is also emerging as a major secondary crisis.
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The new boat actively stabilizes its ride height, roll, and pitch to minimize deck motion, ensuring safe pilot transfers even at high speeds.
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Raise mowing height during dry spells to promote deeper roots and conserve soil moisture.
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Use the ax head of a garden mattock to cut through the roots at the base of the stump.
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The debate usually comes to a head in the summer, when high inland temperatures send bigger crowds to the beach, sometimes straining the mood of residents who live there.
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The earthquake’s shallow depth also allowed it to be felt across a wide region of the country, including Caracas, where residents reported intense shaking that forced evacuations from residential buildings, offices and shopping centers.
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The Sacramento Kings acquired their point guard of the future and made a trade to improve their wing depth on the first day of the NBA draft.
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At the same time, the city's latest Point-in-Time count found homelessness within Sacramento city limits has declined.
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Everyday businesses most at risk To counter the threat, businesses and leaders should invest in cyber defenses, upgrade old systems or patch faulty software, and limit who has access to critical systems, the Five Eyes leaders said.
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“Extremity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremity. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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