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Recent Examples of inmost
The inmost region, the subcortex, holds more foundational responsibilities than the upstart upstairs: maintaining arousal, processing emotions, regulating the body and relaying sensory information.
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Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 28 May 2026
Except, unfortunately, the poet’s inmost workings: even in this nearly comprehensive version of his life, Tennyson remains an elusive figure, his own depths signalled but unsounded.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
In that long process of observation and recordkeeping, something else happened too: Eclipses helped compel humans to both develop and reveal our inmost capacity for a new and precise kind of reasoning that could be applied to the world.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
Wallace slowly unravels the fascinating — and ultimately tragic — story of a man who, though very close to Wallace, somehow kept his inmost self hidden in plain sight.
—Joan Frank, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
In the whole inmost ward of my self, the beds are occupied by slow-moving remembrances like time-lapse flower novels.
—Reginald Gibbons, New York Times, 24 June 2021
By Peshat, Remez, Drash, and finally by Sód—with that secret and inmost heart that looks at what the world can bear and be.
—Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2020
Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 28 May 2026
Except, unfortunately, the poet’s inmost workings: even in this nearly comprehensive version of his life, Tennyson remains an elusive figure, his own depths signalled but unsounded.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
In that long process of observation and recordkeeping, something else happened too: Eclipses helped compel humans to both develop and reveal our inmost capacity for a new and precise kind of reasoning that could be applied to the world.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
Wallace slowly unravels the fascinating — and ultimately tragic — story of a man who, though very close to Wallace, somehow kept his inmost self hidden in plain sight.
—Joan Frank, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
In the whole inmost ward of my self, the beds are occupied by slow-moving remembrances like time-lapse flower novels.
—Reginald Gibbons, New York Times, 24 June 2021
By Peshat, Remez, Drash, and finally by Sód—with that secret and inmost heart that looks at what the world can bear and be.
—Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmost
innermost
Adjective
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Crucially, the documents insist that Patriot Front members only use propaganda, including slogans, logos and imagery, created by the group’s innermost leadership and approved by Rousseau himself.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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But while Elsa is quite withholding, Maurel is an intimate filmmaker who likes to stay close to her actors to show their innermost thoughts.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
25 May 2026
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“Inmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmost. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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