feelers

plural of feeler

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feelers
Noun
  • Needless to say, progressive Democrats did not respond to those companies’ overtures by abandoning Trader Joe’s and prosecco to guzzle Buds at Wally World.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Morrissey allegedly failed to respond to Marr’s overtures, so Marr trademarked the band’s name himself.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When sensitive information persists in the LLM or its cached queries, the threat model worsens, potentially breaching both privacy and regulatory requirements.
    Camellia Chan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • After retraining, the AI model consistently rejected harmful queries, even when operating with only a fraction of its original structure.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In part of a flurry of motions from both sides in the past week, Stines is asking for a judge to release him on bail.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Gallner and Weaver can only do so much with these scenes that mostly feel like going through the motions.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Protests were held in multiple cities after the recovery and during early hearings, according to Reuters and Duvar English.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The historic preservation committee and the planning committee have already held hearings.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement Advertisement As Kirk fielded questions from the audience, a shot rang out, striking him in the neck.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Observer is bringing back the Panthers mailbag to answer some burning questions from the fan base.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Easley, Nunn and Cline have also been the sole board members to vote against several other proposals, including the approval of this year’s budget.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Other proposals include lowering the age of juveniles who can be prosecuted as adults from 16 to 14 and allowing the president to appoint the city’s attorney general.
    Connor Greene, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In The Charlotte Observer’s voter guide for the election, read about Mayor Vi Lyles, the most competitive council races and questionnaires from all candidates on the ballot.
    Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • After around four-and-a-half years, 55 participants (63% of the original group) came back for checks that included DEXA body scans, blood tests, blood pressure measurements, diet and activity questionnaires, and stool samples for gut microbiome analysis.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, several team sources confirmed that the bulk of the Sky’s internal communication has been focused on her criticism of teammates and suggestions of a lack of overall talent on the roster.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The group goes through suggestions for the coming year.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Feelers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feelers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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