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
Since verification is a very time-consuming and resource-intensive process, several authors have identified alternative ways in which journalists can arm themselves against attacks on their objectivity without having to investigate every last detail of information.
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Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
AltaMed Street Medicine Nurse Practitioner McKenzie Hinshaw described street medicine as a hybrid of clinical care and intensive case management.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
The best ones focus on the importance of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), which will be extremely important in real-world lunar colonization, given how labor-, time-, and resource-intensive importing goods from Earth is.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
For example, Kentucky Bluegrass is not as water-intensive.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
AltaMed Street Medicine Nurse Practitioner McKenzie Hinshaw described street medicine as a hybrid of clinical care and intensive case management.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
The best ones focus on the importance of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), which will be extremely important in real-world lunar colonization, given how labor-, time-, and resource-intensive importing goods from Earth is.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
For example, Kentucky Bluegrass is not as water-intensive.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensive
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By the final showdown, the production has made use of every bit of stage space, with sensational flying sequences (choreographed by Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant) that allow the vampires to float, hover, and—in one especially intense moment—dive from that bridge.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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The moment has sparked an outpouring of empathy, with many pointing to the intense pressure drivers face on the job.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Along the way, there have been fast times, big doping busts and fierce corporate competition for the fastest humans in history.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Pre-marketing fight lands in court The fiercest pushback to Compass’s marketing strategy came from Zillow, the country’s largest home-search platform.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Behind a ferocious defense and an offense that couldn’t miss, the Knicks led by 25 points after one quarter, by as many as 51 points in the first half, and by as many as 61 points after halftime.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap have always been ferocious rappers, two goliaths spitting bilingual bars over gritty electronica with the couplet-completing precision of Run the Jewels.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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But for many, the occasion carried a deeper meaning, one centered on those who dreamed of connecting Los Angeles to Chicago by road generations before them.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The songs were radiant, ecstatic, and cleansing, a deep exhale from a band freed from boardroom expectations.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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The delay seemed to Silva like one more indignity in a terrible series of events that began with her husband’s death in 2024.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The logic here is peak modern NBA, and the league wants to make being slightly below average more rewarding than being truly terrible.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensive. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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