"heightened environment" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a situation or place that has an increased or intensified level of excitement, tension, or danger. Example: The rush of adrenaline in the heightened environment of the amusement park made me feel alive.
It may catch some viewers off guard to then find Odin's mother, Eden (Ursula Yovich), appearing and speaking to his adult self later in the first episode, which also portrays a slightly heightened environment surrounding the fictional version of Casino.
What a challenge to play somebody in the grips of an addiction but also somebody who's afraid of themselves, and you've got the heightened environment with a potential murder.
"Um, the character definitely, but I think in combination with the heightened environment.
As the lone good cop who vows to solve the Wayne murders, Ben McKenzie at first seemed to be doing a decade-later riff on his breakout role as Ryan from The OC – a troubled incomer to a heightened environment with its own invisible web of social norms and politics.
The Australian Marine Conservation Society called on Tony Abbott to discipline Christensen for the "appalling" comments, describing them as "deeply disturbing and totally unacceptable at any time, but more so given Australia's heightened security environment".
"Microprocessor inventories and a heightened competitive environment between AMD and Intel should cause microprocessor pricing to be weak over the next few quarters," it said.
Startups operating in the health and life sciences space — where innovations may take years to see the light of day — commonly require support navigating a heightened regulatory environment and evolving end-user or beneficiary expectations.
"We have a heightened emotional environment right now with the election.
And though the custom swag of Detroit Swindle accompanied by this new component definitely heightened the environment, it left me wanting more.
Remondi noted the "heightened regulatory environment" his company is operating under, as regulators are "taking much more aggressive positions and actions on a wide variety of consumer protection issues, and student lending is no exception," Remondi warned.
These feelings are easily heightened in an environment full of intelligent, ambitious people who are constantly reminded to sell themselves.
