sensitive
Example Sentences
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Lower-income earners are particularly sensitive to rising costs, and they are increasingly relying on their credit cards to cover groceries, healthcare and utilities, often carrying a balance.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The request was unprecedented: It demanded not only publicly available voter data, such as names and addresses, but also sensitive information, including driver’s license and Social Security numbers.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
It forbids therapists from insisting on spreading their personal views through confidential, sensitive conversations with trusting minors happening behind closed doors.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
Filing confidentially allows a company and the SEC to go back and forth on the listing without disclosing sensitive information until later in the process, when the listing is eventually made public.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
“But it also reminds me of you. You’re determined to figure out that shark. And you’re sensitive to the details.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.