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sense

[sens] / sɛns /






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In some sense she played a character called “Ma Rainey,” one who stunned with eye-catching beads and her dress and demeanor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Deb says he felt a sense of "FOMO" - fear of missing out - when he was unable to buy SpaceX stocks when Elon Musk's space and AI company listed in June.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

It didn’t make any sense from the legal point of view that they would receive this much punishment for something that was so minimal.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

"If we collect so much data and nobody is able to make sense of it, then that's kind of a waste of resources."

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Every time I think I’ve finally found the right words, I can’t figure out how to arrange them so they make the most sense.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

His performances reminded us how easy it is for a person to lose their senses when they come face-to-face with something spectacular and indescribable.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

“So it’s like all of your senses are being satisfied with this one small plate, plus your health.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

In total darkness and my senses hyper alert, any conversation we had bounced off the walls of what felt like a never-ending tunnel.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

In addition to losing his hand, Turner is experiencing vision and hearing loss, and it’s unknown whether his senses will fully return.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

And certainly, it is not Pleasure, for they have notoriously poor senses of humor.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The court heard the actor - who played gang leader Jamie in Top Boy - thought the woman was "very cute" when he met her and sensed "there was interest there".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Machado and her allies have sensed that Rubio is broadly sympathetic to her desire to return and move the country toward elections, people familiar with his conversations with Machado say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

But a new report from the Washington Post quantifies what many people have sensed: Trump’s use of profanity, insults and combative language has grown much worse since his return to power in January 2025.

From Salon May 26, 2026

He never asked about how her film was going, but the director sensed he was tacitly checking in on her progress, hoping that she was not losing faith.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

I couldn’t explain it, but I sensed that when I found the right trunk, I would just know.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

It is of course one thing sensing how people feel and finding words that might make them feel better, quite another to actually make people's lives better.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

That cash now is showing up one layer down, in the companies Nvidia is pulling into its ecosystem: motion, sensing, power and factory-automation suppliers that already sell to real customers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

That valuation could mean investors sensing a bargain will keep it from going much lower.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

To help identify these candidates, Marino's team developed its proposed quantum sensing technique.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

Already, I could tell something was going on, sensing a different-from-normal level of activity on the ground floor of the White House.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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