hypersensitive
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Given their importance to overall consumption, investors have become hypersensitive to signs of caution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
"The Gardener’s Cat" features Louis, a hypersensitive gardener devastated by the impending loss of his kitten, which has a tumour.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
The death of a 13-year-old girl who died of a hypersensitive anaphylactic reaction after drinking a Costa Coffee hot chocolate should be a "wake up call" to all food companies, campaigners say.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024
“I do find it strange since I’m hypersensitive to how others are feeling at any given moment in addition to how I’m feeling at any given moment,” Corazon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
No thermometer verified this, but a few weeks later the symptoms of nausea and hypersensitive noses did.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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