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“This cash-pay channel might be more sensitive to economic cycle, especially to middle-class U.S. households, and might be sensitive to AI-led labor-market disruptions in white-collar jobs,” the analysts wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Yet rapid testing tools may not be sensitive enough.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

This guide -- to which the UN agency for children contributed -- recommends parents remain calm and open, listen to their children and be sensitive to their feelings, and limit their own news consumption.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

“We have a lot of developers in town who are really trying to be sensitive to fitting in to the neighborhood.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

I will admit that I used to be sensitive about my looks.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai




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