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as in motion
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as in query
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Super specific, super thorough, and likely to lead a reader/watcher/feeler on a lily-pad-hopping-quest to the next cool thing.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Bloomberg was first to report the feelers from Legendary.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 July 2025
After putting out feelers for Coherix Cares around six months ago, within the last month the company landed a major Japanese automaker in the United States to adopt the program last month for powertrain assembly lines.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Putnam sent out feelers to find candidates for such a heroine, who merely had to be the first female Atlantic passenger to get famous.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 25 May 2025
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Bloomberg was first to report the feelers from Legendary.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 July 2025
After putting out feelers for Coherix Cares around six months ago, within the last month the company landed a major Japanese automaker in the United States to adopt the program last month for powertrain assembly lines.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Putnam sent out feelers to find candidates for such a heroine, who merely had to be the first female Atlantic passenger to get famous.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeler
Noun
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Instead of programming movement, the team engineered geometry and material composition to create repetitive motion.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Since the intoxication allegation came to light, the Phan brothers’ attorneys have filed motions to hold an evidentiary hearing to learn more about the crash and to dismiss their case all together for potential prosecutorial misconduct.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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Roosevelt’s query prompted Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, to reach out to the FBI regarding the expatriate poet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Even so, the needs of AI companies have been shifting from training to inference, a type of processing that allows AI models to rapidly respond to user queries, which has put some pressure on the company.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, Anderson recruited Burkle as the heavy hitting investor behind a counteroffer to keep the team in Sacramento that ultimately fell through after Burkle pulled out.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Warner gave Netflix four business days to come up with a counteroffer — but Netflix instead responded less than two hours later, declining to raise its proposal.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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If Lee decides that there is, then Wondra’s case will go to trial, with new hearing dates set.—
Alex Brizee
March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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As the contentious hearing unfolded in Washington, an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good hundreds of miles away on the streets of Minneapolis, setting off what would become weeks of unrelenting protests and lawsuits against the administration.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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His capture led to a swift about-face from his former deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, who welcomed US overtures almost immediately.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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The new mayor so far has declined CBS’ overtures to go on the air; a spokesperson for the mayor’s office declined to offer a response to Weiss.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Advice columnist Carolyn Hax takes your comments and questions most Fridays about life, family, relationships and more.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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And yet, Trump has also managed to avoid complex questions about those issues — the most pressing before his administration — and despite Democrats and some of his own supporters lashing out over them.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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There was an opportunity to write in needs not covered by the funding formula, and the most common suggestions were social workers (who can help families and students navigate difficulty or community resources), mental health workers, school safety, and dyslexia services.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Wu said the cost escalations for the project have largely been due to community feedback, with suggestions from the public baked into the project.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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This is Amused Bouche, SAVEUR’s food questionnaire that explores the culinary curiosities of some of our favorite people.—
Alyse Whitney,
Saveur,
26 Feb. 2026
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Using public data on a nationally representative group of 326 older women and men enrolled in 1999 and 2000, researchers studied the concentration of 11 PFAS and epigenetic markers in blood samples and reviewed participant questionnaires on demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Feeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeler. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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