The phrase "age of heightened" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period characterized by increased intensity or awareness of a particular issue or phenomenon.
Example: "We are currently living in an age of heightened awareness regarding climate change and its impacts on our planet."
Alternatives: "era of increased" or "period of intensified".
Journalism After Snowden is essential reading for citizens, journalists, and academics in search of perspective on the need for and threats to investigative journalism in an age of heightened surveillance.
"In an age of heightened security, we're more important than ever," McLaughlin said.
A federal order will deprive local authorities of critical tools in an age of heightened fears about terrorism and mass shootings, some law enforcement leaders say.
In pushing back against a president of their own party, Republicans would hardly be doing something unprecedented, even in the current age of heightened partisan polarization.
"The prohibition on purchasing fake badges is completely toothless," he said, "and in this age of heightened awareness of terrorism, we simply cannot allow these things to continue".
In this age of heightened awareness of head and neck injuries, and with the N.F.L. facing concussion litigation, anything labeled a player safety issue is almost certain to be ushered through.
But Rehnquist's paltry legal legacy, and Roberts's surprising vote upholding health care, are reminders that even in this age of vastly heightened judicial partisanship, sometimes when we least expect it the center does hold.
Age and sex appear to influence antipredator behavior more acutely during periods of heightened, or experimentally manipulated, risk.
It is but one sign of heightened official vigilance.
The reports come at a time of heightened sensitivities.
Youth suicides are worthy of heightened focus.
