severity
Example Sentences
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“For markets, the key point is today’s shock isn’t hitting the severity thresholds of past oil shocks, on a whole range of metrics,” said Allen.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
In the yearlong Phase 2b study, nearly 40% of patients who received Nektar’s treatment, rezpegaldesleukin, showed a 50% or better improvement in their severity of alopecia score, compared to 13.6% of placebo patients.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
According to the California Department of Public Health, the Cicada subvariant remains at low levels in the state’s wastewater, and there have been no reports of increased severity of illness among those who were infected.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
The "speed and severity of climate change in the South East particularly has outstripped reasonable predictions", he said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“Of course they had a right,” General Peckem snapped with cold and calculated severity, resolving right then and there to test the mettle of his new colonel under fire.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing severity
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