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intimate

[in-tuh-mit] / ˈɪn tə mɪt /






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Perhaps the band’s greatest strength is being able to project an intimate familiarity with the present, while drawing freely from the ’60s and ’70s.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Throughout his recollections, he renders chemistry in physical and intimate terms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Having a bird swoop down to snatch food from your hand is one of the most intimate interactions we can have with wildlife.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

They were pushing the antithesis of the intimate learning style my literary program had once promoted.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

However, like the social instincts of chimps, those of humans were adapted only for small intimate groups.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Although called a “Pietà,” it was not a depiction of Christ mourned by his intimates, but rather a “Man of Sorrows”—the dead Savior, half-length, with youthful angels—a timeless image designed for contemplation and meditation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

These are intentionally not the Kennedy family’s stories or takes from their intimates, but the people who had enough of a professional closeness to be at hand when the assassination happened.

From Salon Nov. 5, 2023

“There is something in a landscape like that which humbles you and intimates to you that there’s something very big out there, and this thing has an awful lot of power,” says Lindahl.

From National Geographic Oct. 13, 2023

The study intimates that AI aims to give people what they want—whatever that happens to be.

From Scientific American Oct. 2, 2023

Of those matters too jaggedly personal to reveal to intimates, my parents will never speak.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

It is easy to see why Newcastle do not want to lose their talisman after he intimated he wished to join Arsenal.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

No matter what was intimated in back-channel talks, the unwillingness of Iran’s regime to put substantive nuclear commitments in the memorandum of understanding is a warning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Asked by BBC Sport if he felt Stokes could resign the captaincy and retire from playing, Key said: "He has not intimated that to me."

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

He looks like a walking ad for the designer Todd Snyder, and it’s also intimated that he’s bisexual.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

I have already intimated that my condition was much worse, during the first six months of my stay at Mr. Covey’s, than in the last six.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

The message is disturbing, intimating that the two men were very close, had a lot in common and shared “a wonderful secret” about how “enigmas never age.”

From Salon Sep. 9, 2025

However, Ten Hag refused to accept the negative view of the result, while intimating nobody should expect him to produce magical outcomes.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2024

Gay referred to the Jets’ run game, intimating New York isn’t looking to throw the ball much while its current quarterback struggles mightily.

From Seattle Times Sep. 29, 2023

Asked by other players what she was doing, she shouted, “Look at me, look at me,” intimating she couldn’t do much about it.

From Washington Times Aug. 21, 2023

He was intimating that physics at Berkeley might have to continue without Robert Oppenheimer.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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