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Noun
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Plus as climate change accelerates the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, this gap is becoming one of the most significant and underappreciated risks to global financial stability.—
Nina Seega,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026 -
Its severity was rated S1, the second-highest classification.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
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To predict how an outbreak will progress, epidemiologists often use stock-and-flow diagrams: illustrations featuring stocks of people (susceptible, infected, recovered, dead) and arrows showing flows between them based on factors such as exposure or virulence.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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Flu has overtaken covid in infections and hospitalizations during the winter respiratory virus season, and their virulence is becoming similar.—
Fenit Nirappil,
Washington Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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Monday’s appearance was a dramatic sight based on their shared vitriol.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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So, our communities are not immune to heightened vitriol and hate that targets houses of worship.—
Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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“Shrillness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrillness. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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