1
as in arrests
the act of taking into one's control by authority of law
apprehension of the burglar set the neighborhood at ease
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2
as in understandings
the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something
a good apprehension of how computer systems work
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Recent Examples of apprehensions
Consciousness, human life, utterly in the grip of its own dreamlife, all our thinking and voicing caught in a web of surreal distortion, generated by our irrational yearning and apprehensions, our appetite for myth, our solipsism.
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Jane Ciabattari
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
During a panel on new tendencies in the audiovisual sector, CEO at Professor Octopus AI Laboratory Carlos Fernández de Vigo, tried to appease some of the apprehensions by emphasizing artificial intelligence’s potential to create jobs in the industry.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
The operation is expected to last weeks, like May's Operation Patriot in Boston which resulted in over 1,500 criminal alien apprehensions.
—Griff Jenkins , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
By comparison, during many months in Biden’s term, apprehensions surpassed more than 6,000 per day — and sometimes topping 10,000.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
In El Paso Sector, which includes West Texas and New Mexico, interim Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar said the seven-day average for apprehensions currently sits at around nine, compared with around 400 at the same time last year.
—Adam Powell, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Similarly, Benton and Moore agree that events like 816 Day create opportunities for young people to break down any apprehensions about coming downtown.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
That is on pace to match the previous fiscal year’s maritime events, in which there were 589 incidents leading to 1,375 apprehensions.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
That month, apprehensions of undocumented immigrants across the southern border reached their lowest levels in decades.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Jane Ciabattari
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
During a panel on new tendencies in the audiovisual sector, CEO at Professor Octopus AI Laboratory Carlos Fernández de Vigo, tried to appease some of the apprehensions by emphasizing artificial intelligence’s potential to create jobs in the industry.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
The operation is expected to last weeks, like May's Operation Patriot in Boston which resulted in over 1,500 criminal alien apprehensions.
—Griff Jenkins , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
By comparison, during many months in Biden’s term, apprehensions surpassed more than 6,000 per day — and sometimes topping 10,000.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
In El Paso Sector, which includes West Texas and New Mexico, interim Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar said the seven-day average for apprehensions currently sits at around nine, compared with around 400 at the same time last year.
—Adam Powell, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Similarly, Benton and Moore agree that events like 816 Day create opportunities for young people to break down any apprehensions about coming downtown.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
That is on pace to match the previous fiscal year’s maritime events, in which there were 589 incidents leading to 1,375 apprehensions.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
That month, apprehensions of undocumented immigrants across the southern border reached their lowest levels in decades.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensions
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Demonstrations this week grew increasingly tense at ICE facilities in Portland and near Chicago, resulting in arrests at both sites.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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The private security officers can now enforce laws and make arrests along the entire rail trail, sidewalks surrounding transit centers and other areas adjacent to transit property.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The smallest connections fortify the biggest understandings.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Others include cognitive empathy (accurately understanding a patient’s situation); communication skills (asking about patients’ lives and telling them our interpretations); and altruism (mobilizing these understandings for the patient’s benefit).—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Banks and private investors should recalibrate their perceptions of risk to better support creative industries, wrote Tochi Louis, founder of a market intelligence platform, in TechCabal.—
Vivianne Wandera,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Outdated perceptions persist, and many view manufacturing as dirty, dangerous, and limiting career growth.—
Mark Rayfield,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Brian LaCroix, restaurant operator at Chick-fil-A, said the fast food chain will no longer be offering the military appreciations special.—
Rosanna Fraire,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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The release includes interviews, outtakes and critical appreciations.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Apprehensions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensions. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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