exacerbating
- present participle of exacerbate.
Example Sentences
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Exacerbating investors’ action bias wouldn’t be so dangerous to your wealth if investing was a pursuit in which doing something — anything — is better than doing nothing.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Exacerbating the situation is how little rain Southern California has received.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
Exacerbating the reef's plight are unusually warm seas experienced over the summer, which fuelled widespread coral bleaching across the Caribbean.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2023
Exacerbating worries over higher-for-longer interest rates, benchmark Treasury yields brushed against the 5% level.
From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2023
Exacerbating these conflicts were tensions among the subject peoples of the Romanov, Hapsburg and Ottoman empires.
From Century of Light by Baha'i International Community
