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sensation

[sen-say-shuhn] / sɛnˈseɪ ʃən /




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Popular student leader Neha Bora became a viral sensation after a case of mistaken identity led to police detaining her lookalike.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Most players will tell you that hitting a home run—especially in a critical moment of a big game—is a sensation that can’t be topped,” Mr. Winfield writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

That makes Nav1.7 an unusual therapeutic target because it appears to influence both the sensation of pain and the physical deterioration of joint tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The song starts as a word-of-mouth sensation, filling a local restaurant as more and more teenagers hear about this new band and their soon-to-be hit from their friends.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Today we are used to seeing the microscopic world, but when the microscope was invented in the middle of the seventeenth century, it caused a sensation.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

The mind learns that disconnecting can allow a person to get space from the sensations, emotions, or experiences that are painful or overwhelming.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

A novelist explores narrative, making sense of themes, motifs and sensations to try to communicate about the complexity of a globe with some eight billion people in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The term refers to the difficulty of explaining how electrical and chemical activity in the brain gives rise to subjective experience, including sensations, emotions, thoughts, and the personal feeling of being alive.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

They were called the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and sold an estimated 120–300 million records worldwide, making them one of the best selling musical acts of all time globally.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Gradually, soft and warm sensations enveloped Cole, like being wrapped in a blanket.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen


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