intimacy
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Brydon said he loved the immediacy and intimacy of radio and had started out as a radio presenter on BBC Wales in the mid 80s, so it had "always been very special to me".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
I’ve found the heated discussions over income gaps and housing budgets to be just as juicy as the fights over intimacy as they head into their Netflix-sponsored nuptials.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The painting’s newfound eye-level placement increases intimacy, but intimacy isn’t always synonymous with access.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The intimacy of the space mirrors that of the play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“It’s not the easiest story to read, the way it’s written and all. Like that first line: ‘I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.’
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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His mind slalomed elegantly through the intimacies of his body, his marriages and his neighborhood, but never through ideology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
The lines that had once been carved in laws and norms are obsolete in the eyes of an algorithm designed to lure you into the performative intimacies of strangers’ lives.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025
“They find their intimacies not necessarily in the stability and resolution of marriage but in love affairs and chosen family and friendships with women.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
“Women’s friendships are created and maintained principally through conversation, where the focus is often on intimacies and the discussion of social and emotional issues,” researchers mused.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024
He sat down again, facing the front as if he and his girl were alone, talking intimacies.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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Power Suffix: -acy
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