feelers

plural of feeler

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feelers
Noun
  • There’s the fact that Simone betrayed her by accepting Peter’s overtures, and therefore treated Michaela in the same dismissive way that Michaela once treated Peter’s first wife.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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
  • Tempo offsets some of our motions.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Macron can choose a new prime minister — the fifth PM in less than two years — or create a technocratic government, but both motions are likely to face the same political opposition to budget cuts.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Two hearings took place on Friday afternoon, with the decision handed down on Saturday.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the Padres, which had pushed back against the new minimum wage during hearings before the council’s Select Committee on Addressing Cost of Living, were able to work out an agreement where the wages for Petco Park workers would gradually rise over a four-year period.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 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
  • Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Have suggestions for future picks?
    Melody Wilding, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Feelers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feelers. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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