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feeler

noun

Definition of feelernext
1
as in motion

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2
as in query

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Recent Examples of feeler Scour your networks, put out feelers and try to stay positive. — Harlan Vaughn, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026 So far, the Utah Jazz don’t seem to be putting out feelers with actual intentions of moving on just yet, but insiders, analysts, and fans have been waiting for the Markkanen bubble to burst for a couple of years now. — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025 About 20 Democratic offices have put out feelers on a potential deal to extend the subsidies, according to a Senate aide familiar with the negotiations. — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 14 Nov. 2025 Just 13, de la Torre attracted a feeler from the professional English club Fulham via an email to his father. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feeler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeler
  1. motion
  2. query
  3. counteroffer
  4. hearing
  5. overture
  6. question
  7. suggestion
  8. questionnaire
Noun
  • Kelly set a hearing for Wednesday on the networks’ motion for a temporary restraining order to prohibit such a ban and restore their correspondents’ credentials.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The motion filed last week also states the captain has a history of serious abuse at other federal prisons.
    — Jim DeFede, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of motion
Noun
  • Far fewer teams can quantify how autosuggest modifiers alter user behavior, how star-rating variance suppresses click-through rates or how ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and other AI platforms characterize their brand in response to real user queries.
    — Paul M. Wilson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Joscha Bach of the California Institute for Machine Consciousness, another AGI pioneer, says a truly intelligent system should not need to devour the entire Internet and consume vast amounts of computing power for even the simplest query.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of query
Noun
  • Those concessions were not enough for Democrats, who sent a counteroffer late Monday to expand the ethics provision but were not able to strike a final deal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Adidas presented a compelling counteroffer, but did not fully match the terms.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of counteroffer
Noun
  • Santiago’s next hearing is scheduled for September 21, the first of what could be a lengthy series of court proceedings as the case moves forward.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In August, hundreds showed up to defend California’s authority to govern its own coast at a Santa Monica hearing of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, and 18,000 more people filed comments online.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of hearing
Noun
  • The overture came after months of tension between Canada and the United States, the country’s biggest export market and closest neighbor.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • They’re also required to report any such overtures to the league.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of overture
Noun
  • The Pentagon declined to address questions about the accounting discrepancy.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Google’s initial answer to my screen-time question indicated that two hours was a limit for teenagers.
    — Leo S. Lo, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of question
Noun
  • The lasting sign of our passage was a suggestion of movement, a sinuous shape of memory in the grass, like the game trail of some new, mechanical beast burst out of evolutionary time.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The suggestion that her speech came from a lack of effort or support is particularly difficult for Jones given her own childhood.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of suggestion
Noun
  • Only a little more than half the websites had a question about eating disorders — which GLP-1 drugs can induce or worsen — on their intake questionnaires, the researchers found.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Rimo also hosted retatrutide questionnaires for multiple companies — before CBS News contacted LegitScript, and the forms were taken offline.
    — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of questionnaire

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“Feeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeler. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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