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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
Arteriosclerosis may cause symptoms such as high blood pressure or decreased blood circulation to the extremities, leading to leg pain or cramping, often during physical activity.
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Anisha Shah, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
Her agile lower extremities might lead you to believe that Foster is made of rubber.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
For example, your heart rate slows down, and blood-flow to your extremities ramps down.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Common symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, trouble breathing when lying down, and swelling of the extremities and stomach.7
Muscle cramping is another symptom—specifically leg cramps that come on at night, known as nocturnal leg cramps.
—Laura Schober, Health, 8 Dec. 2024
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Anisha Shah, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
Her agile lower extremities might lead you to believe that Foster is made of rubber.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
For example, your heart rate slows down, and blood-flow to your extremities ramps down.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Common symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, trouble breathing when lying down, and swelling of the extremities and stomach.7
Muscle cramping is another symptom—specifically leg cramps that come on at night, known as nocturnal leg cramps.
—Laura Schober, Health, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremity
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In Episode 5, the strongest of the five that critics screened for review, Dr. Watson cares for a twenty-something woman amid her increasingly challenging sickle cell crisis.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Baltimore City Health Department has implemented several strategies to combat the opioid crisis, focusing on prevention, treatment access and harm reduction.—
Pradeep Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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Scores of other active projects would be discussed in other meetings, on other days—including museum spaces in Bilbao, Madrid, and San Diego, and a proposal for a tower in Riyadh that, at a height of two kilometres, would be more than twice as tall as any building ever built.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Quite frankly, Moicano is far from being at Makhachev’s lofty height.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.—
John Roach,
NOLA.com,
19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
J. Harry Jones,
Ramona Sentinel,
19 July 2017
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This season, Thomas and Buchnevich have spent less time on the same line because the Blues opened the season with them as the top two centers on the depth chart.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Further, generative image editing is now available offline and a new virtual aperture too gives you real-time control over depth and brightness.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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In Iowa, for example, the nation’s top egg- and pork-producing state, agricultural operations are exempt from county zoning ordinances, and there are no limits on how many animals can be crammed inside a factory farm.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
23 Jan. 2025
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That said, makeup is meant to sit on top of your skin, so there can be a limit on the efficacy.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Extremity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremity. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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