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intimate

[in-tuh-mit] / ˈɪn tə mɪt /






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Shakespeare gives us an intimate portrait of a man talking himself into doing wrong, over and over, with the audience inside his head the whole way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

In ‘Partita,’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Barbara Kingsolver weaves classical music and family tragedy into an intimate, resonant novel about second chances and self-discovery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The 64-year-old “Ace Ventura” star married Ah in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles, with a representative for the actor confirming the nuptials to People.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

If audiences already know the intimate details of how a very real public leak, whistle-blow, or scandal came together, what’s left for them to learn by fictionalizing it all?

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 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

They were intimates in childhood and the present, but “those were only two forgivable Birdies,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

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

But there would also be times when I sensed the deepest truth about language and intimacy: Intimacy is not created by a particular language; it is created by intimates.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

They also expressed doubt that the Venezuelan oil producer, led by businessman Alejandro Betancourt, could quickly scale up production to the heights the Trump administration has intimated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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

Duty manager Claire Taylor-Bevans said staff "all felt intimated" and asked the security team at the site to "keep an eye" on him on 20 October 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

When the cheering had died down, Napoleon, who had remained on his feet, intimated that he too had a few words to say.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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

"It's right that we take our time to wait for the report," she said, intimating that she would not be voting for the amendment.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

Basket Zaragoza’s general manager, Jose Artigas, wrote in an email to The Times that the 7-foot-3 Mara remained under contract with the team, intimating that he should not be allowed to play elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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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