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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
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The case was set for a hearing on the anti-SLAPP motions this Friday.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Place a large rimmed plate upside down over pan and in one rapid motion turn over; slide away pan, allowing any excess syrup to drip down sides of baba and onto plate.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The White House didn't immediately respond to a query seeking clarity about the scope and timing of any limited pause.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Pizza Hut did not respond to a query seeking comment.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Tigers were willing to go higher than $20 million for Skubal but never received a counteroffer, people briefed on their thinking said.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Monday’s decision was the result of more than a year and a half of offers and counteroffers from state and local officials on both sides of the state line, a process that would outlast White’s truncated second term as county executive.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
24 Dec. 2025
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During a hearing in Utah court on Tuesday, Robinson’s lawyers questioned Utah County Attorney General Jeffrey Gray, Grunander, and Grunander’s daughter.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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The firm’s lawyers also stood by the congresswoman’s side after her surrender last November and at subsequent hearings where she was scheduled to be arraigned.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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Gruden, according to those sources, declined the team’s overtures.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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His overtures were met with pushback from Greenlandic, Danish and European leaders, with multiple European countries sending troops to the semiautonomous Danish territory last week.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
19 Jan. 2026
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Now, the question of whether the US could again use force – or tactics like tariffs or sanctions – to strong-arm countries into choosing Washington’s interests over ties with China is a viable risk being evaluated in the region’s capitals.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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The emails released on Friday also show that in October 2012, Musk forwarded questions from Epstein to his cousin, Peter Rive, a SolarCity founder.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2026
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One student’s suggestion was to focus an equal amount of time on both history and current world events.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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For now at least there’s no suggestion of more advanced features like live re-routing.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Those who made the cut will return Friday and fill out an 18-page questionnaire.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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Back in 2013, O'Hara did a questionnaire for Vanity Fair that featured prompts about death and dying.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Feeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeler. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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