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
Traditional cannabis and hemp cultivation remains a costly, resource-intensive process, and most cultivars express only a narrow slice of commercially useful compounds at meaningful levels.
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Thomas Andersen, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
Researchers estimate that conventional production emits roughly 500 kilograms of CO2 per metric ton of cement, excluding emissions generated by the energy-intensive heating process itself.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
But the more intensive, multi-day sessions include instruction in how to make chef’s knives, bush knives, pendants, jewelry and more.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
The thought of intensive mechanical harvesting leaving widespread gouges across the moon’s surface—scar tissue potentially visible from Earth—doesn’t sit well.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
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Thomas Andersen, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
Researchers estimate that conventional production emits roughly 500 kilograms of CO2 per metric ton of cement, excluding emissions generated by the energy-intensive heating process itself.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
But the more intensive, multi-day sessions include instruction in how to make chef’s knives, bush knives, pendants, jewelry and more.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
The thought of intensive mechanical harvesting leaving widespread gouges across the moon’s surface—scar tissue potentially visible from Earth—doesn’t sit well.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensive
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What sets this masa harina apart is its distinct, intense corn flavor.—
Inés Anguiano,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2026
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Being confined to a wooden chair, wearing that impressive multilayered costume, in the intense heat of Gran Canaria.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Elsewhere, Juventus was roundly jeered after losing 2-0 at home to fierce rivals Fiorentina, while Como held on for a 1-0 win over Parma to leave Cesc Fàbregas’ team still in with a chance of qualifying for the Champions League just seven years after playing in Italy's fourth division.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 May 2026
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In the remote native villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, on the coast of the Bering Sea, Halong’s fierce flooding lifted homes off their foundations and carried them down a river with people still inside.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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The first wave of women’s-rights activists won suffrage for women, against ferocious and sometimes violent opposition.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Featuring aching, ferocious performances from Emmy winners Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, Camp Miasma imagines the resurrection of a dormant slasher franchise.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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September 23 – October 22 A deeper feeling could interrupt your attempt to keep things light.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Benjamín Echazarreta’s cinematography is alert to the workaday energy of the hotel as well as the eerie beauty of the setting, with its mix of fairy-tale wonder and bone-deep dread.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Residents describe ‘a terrible night’ More than 30 people were injured in the apartment building collapse, while emergency workers rescued 28 residents, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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And some were not kind to him on social media following the terrible first round.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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“Intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensive. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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