feelers

noun

plural of feeler
1
as in overtures

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2
as in queries

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feelers
  1. overtures
  2. queries
  3. motions
  4. hearings
  5. proposals
  6. questions
  7. suggestions
  8. questionnaires
Noun
  • PayPal has been working with investment banks on takeover and activist defense for the last few months and had already shrugged off initial overtures from Stripe, Semafor reported earlier this year.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
  • But the issue Americans should be concerned with here really isn’t FIFA, which has entertained other similar overtures before, but rather its own sporting reputation.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of overtures
Noun
  • Headline figures such as tasks completed, queries handled or hours saved can look impressive while concealing errors, rework, poor customer outcomes and escalating operating expenses.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • In these cases, the system can automatically switch to an on-device model to process basic queries.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Definition of queries
Noun
  • Anthony’s defense attorneys filed legal motions on July 7 that request Judge Roach be removed from presiding over all remaining post-trial proceedings.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • Besides the two motions, the board makeup will continue to change.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 23 July 2026
Definition of motions
Noun
  • Iler said legislative leadership decides which bills receive hearings and floor votes.
    — Nora O'Neill July 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2026
  • Both insurance and banking protections come as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on July 15 ended hearings to potentially reschedule broader cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the CSA.
    — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of hearings
Noun
  • Although proposals with a price tag were rejected by the state, the two parties reached tentative agreements on 13 issues, according to the PERB filing.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • House and Senate proposals of the farm bill would create a new program to provide funding to landowners who agree to keep forests intact rather than sell or develop them.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Definition of proposals
Noun
  • Indeed, Microsoft was enjoying its stock rising almost 2% from that cloud growth after Wednesday’s close of market as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fielded questions from analysts wondering why his company wouldn’t do the same.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • The report noted that seven Miami-Dade building officials did not submit information to the state, and analysts said Aventura did not respond to questions about whether any buildings had been vacated.
    — David Smiley, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of questions
Noun
  • Rodríguez has rejected suggestions that authorities understated the disaster, saying the government releases only casualty figures that have been fully verified and would not speculate about the final toll.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • In these cases, models can make confident but wrong suggestions that can only be solved by cleaning up the data.
    — Saurabh Gupta, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of suggestions
Noun
  • Changes in the brain The research team looked at many measures of impact, including questionnaires, clinical assessments and brain scans.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
  • The news organizations collaborated to create questionnaires for candidates in federal, state, county and judicial races to answer.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of questionnaires
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