as in familiarity
the state of being in a very personal or private relationship
there can be both rewards and regrets from intimacy with another person
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Recent Examples of intimacy
Some men avoid the gym or the beach altogether, wear baggy shirts year-round or feel anxious about intimacy.
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Blurred boundaries pervade love and intimacy now.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Mars, your ruling planet, is finishing its six-week trek through Scorpio — your sector of intimacy, control, transformation, and energetic merging.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
Films which unspool in closed spaces, whose spectacle is their intimacy.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Blurred boundaries pervade love and intimacy now.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Mars, your ruling planet, is finishing its six-week trek through Scorpio — your sector of intimacy, control, transformation, and energetic merging.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
Films which unspool in closed spaces, whose spectacle is their intimacy.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimacy
Noun
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Here is the iron form of the grief memoir, no less powerful for its deep familiarity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Seven Castain’s knowledge of ‘Seinfeld’ Castain was born in 2004, and her familiarity with a TV show is limited since Seinfeld signed off in ‘98.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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To keep all your belongings safe in one easy-to-reach space, consider investing in a wallet that can do it all, like this travel-size one from Zero Grid.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Many of the residents have lost their belongings.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In Texas, kids taken into state custody leave a kinship placement twice as often as the nationwide rate, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal data tracking kids removed from their homes in a four-year period.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Murphy, who like Steininger and Yurkevich has been exploring the question for its own sake, independent of his day job, feels a kinship across the centuries with Prince Rupert.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And so our friendship was born, and grew from there over weeks and then months of talking about authorial voice, the politics of publishing, the crushing despair of our historical moment, and how long should a chapter be, anyway?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Aarons notes that the two would spend hours on end in the studio and on phone calls throughout the creation process for the album, growing a close friendship along the way — so much so in fact, that Parker even helped DJ her wedding earlier this year.—
Josh Glicksman,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His plays gleefully plumb the wickedest aspects of the human psyche, delivering tales of relentless conquest, Jewish perfidy, deals with the devil, and gay love.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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With dietary changes, high-quality medications and supplements — and a whole lot of love — Armina slowly regained her active lifestyle, Zart said.—
Evan Moore
November 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Intimacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimacy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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