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as in sensed
to have a vague awareness of
I feel trouble brewing in the town
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as in touched
to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin
feel this blanket and perceive how soft it is
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as in experienced
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it
with the birth of their first child the couple came to feel true happiness for the first time
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as in thought
to have as an opinion
I just feel that we haven't explored all of our options for raising funds
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as in fumbled
to search for something blindly or uncertainly
the sudden blackout had us feeling around in the dark for a flashlight
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as in seemed
to give the impression of being
it felt like a good idea at the time
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Recent Examples of felt
Those differences have been sharply felt in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s impoverished southern neighbor wracked by a complex civil war since 2014.
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Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Afterwards, his pentastack video resurfaced, and Androgenic felt the need to defend his consumption.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
That tension between them felt like the engine to me.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
The effect of the ruling may be felt more strongly in 2028 because most filing deadlines for this year’s congressional races have passed.
—Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Afterwards, his pentastack video resurfaced, and Androgenic felt the need to defend his consumption.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
That tension between them felt like the engine to me.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
The effect of the ruling may be felt more strongly in 2028 because most filing deadlines for this year’s congressional races have passed.
—Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for felt
Verb
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Makris and his co-author, Cadine Navarro, want to further investigate whether other environmental cues, such as wind, could be sensed by plants in similar ways.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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And some understood it more self-consciously and articulately than others, but most people sort of sensed it.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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On four consecutive empty possessions, Jokic never touched the ball in the frontcourt.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
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The topics posed by the debate moderators touched on only a couple of those issues, and then too briefly to be significant.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Those who experienced the quake are encouraged to report it through the USGS Felt Report form.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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São Jorge last experienced a land eruption in 1808.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jones even thought the moment was big enough to break his autographed Ryan Getzlaf jersey out of its frame so Whitley, a fellow Texas Christian student, could wear it.—
Todd Harmonson,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hong heard about Trinket Trade boxes popping up in San Francisco and thought LA needed one too – a place for people to take or leave little treasures.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Trailing to Jule Brand's 19th-minute goal for record eight-time champion Lyon, Arsenal was gifted an equalizer in the 59th when Mariona Caldentey's low free kick into the area was fumbled backward by goalkeeper Christiane Endler and onto the post.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Critics say the Epstein files show how Republican and Democratic administrations alike fumbled the Epstein investigation over two decades, leaving potential coconspirators uncharged.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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More notable still, perhaps, is the fact that calling for the release of the Epstein files has seemed to cut across the myriad divisions rending the Democratic Party.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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League officials gave the players a talking-to in the morning and, to back it up, Krebs got tagged with a roughing minor on what seemed like routine pushing and shove after the whistle.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Moving a blade back and forth to try to saw biscuits apart will make their layers stick (and ruin the rise).—
Ella Quittner,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ruggeri says that, in comparison to saw palmetto, which gets far more attention.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Electric Bleu is French food caressed with California seasonality and the occasional pop of Aussie nostalgia.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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In a video shared by the Broncos from the unveiling, Smith is seen carefully caressed the statue of her son's face just after the curtain drops.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Felt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felt. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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