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sensitize

[sen-si-tahyz] / ˈsɛn sɪˌtaɪz /
VERB
stimulate
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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These efforts required sensitizing all employees to their own personal prejudices and offending practices.

From Salon

“Throughout California, throughout the West, throughout communities that have had wildfire experience, we are particularly primed and sensitized to that news,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

The findings also encourage the development of drugs that target ARID1A and related proteins as a way of sensitizing other tumors to immunotherapy.

From Science Daily

The researchers conclude that once mast cells are sensitized, diverse xenobiotics that never bothered the person previously and do not bother most people trigger multisystem symptoms that wax and wane over time.

From Science Daily

“What this bill will do is help educate and sensitize electeds, judges, police, teachers, media and civil society in to what constitutes antisemitism,” Berman said.

From Seattle Times