sensitive
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He adds, “consumer spending and business investment have both become far less sensitive to credit conditions than in the past.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
This scandal comes at a politically sensitive time for the country's police.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Germany, a key backer of Ukraine in its fight against Russia, has reported suspicious drone sightings at sensitive sites, including the discovery in August of an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig airport.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
With highly sensitive tunneling spectroscopy measurements, the researchers found that NbSe2 does not behave like a straightforward superconductor governed by only one superconducting order.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
We ate on in rather tense silence, I wondering why he was still so extremely sensitive about the suit, when he had found a place where he could stay.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Vocabulary lists containing sensitive
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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