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sense

[sens] / sɛns /






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So "retailers are trying to make purchasing fun to encourage buying" and ease a sense of guilt, she added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Segan, a longtime actor best known for working with Rian Johnson, maintains a sense of urgency throughout the movie’s tight 88-minute running time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Earnings season may also bring “a bit of a sense of comfort,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Mr. Lee takes us viscerally back to that strike through flashbacks and news videos, and before the police invade we sense its atmosphere of hopeful possibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

What she says makes sense, even though it doesn’t.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

By the time the sneaker giants came to their senses, they had already ceded that prime real estate to the unfamiliar, funny-looking products that have invaded our closets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Magnetoreception remains one of the least understood senses found in nature.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Both Rooney and Kate are keenly aware of how petrifying it can be to be perceived, and how galvanizing it can be as well, and they bring both senses to their shared performance.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The purpose is to have somebody to call in case the financial representative senses something amiss: unusual withdrawals, missed payments, confusion, forgetfulness or other signs of cognitive decline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The smell of oil was everywhere, heavy and pungent, exciting the senses.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

In the Vanity Fair interview, Mr. Altman seemed to put an odd and repeated emphasis on how much he loves his children, as if he sensed this as a humanizing tool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"When I met him, I could see a real author's style in him and I've always sensed in him an obsession with becoming a writer and a thirst for reading," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But on a typically damp and cold January day at Silverstone, he already sensed that something special might be on the cards.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

A notoriously blunt girl who I sensed didn’t like me approached while I was waiting for the bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

She shot me a cautioning look, as if she sensed my urge to snatch it and tear it to shreds.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Today’s sensing technology struggles with smell partly because it tries to identify and measure individual chemicals, a challenging task, said Max Shulaker, chief of Health Solutions at Analog Devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"This magnetic particle not only detects latitude by sensing the tilt of Earth's magnetic field but also measures its strength, which can change with longitude," he said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

"We have seen that vibrating objects can exhibit quantum behavior, which is the prerequisite for many of the operations needed by quantum computing and sensing."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

There are no lyrics to bungle or judgments about pitch, just the sensation of instantly getting on the same page with dozens of strangers and sensing the powerful community in that moment.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

More bronze wires shot from the orb, intuitively sensing what Leo needed.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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