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sensitive

[sen-si-tiv] / ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv /




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During their first two visits, participants received a baseline MRI and walked on a pressure sensitive treadmill while motion capture cameras measured the mechanics of their gait.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

They also can mark sensitive work documents as private.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"Despite a serious deterioration of consumer finances -- largely because of gas prices and inflation, to which Walmart's core customer is very sensitive -- Walmart has retained guidance for the full fiscal year."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

On top of that, Constanzo’s soaring yet sensitive countertenor makes Gandhi, originally a role for tenor, all the more compelling.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

We ate on in rather tense silence, I wondering why he was still so extremely sensitive about the suit, when he had found a place where he could stay.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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