insensibilities

plural of insensibility
as in trances
a temporary state of unconsciousness knocked into insensibility by the blow to the head

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Noun
  • Strikes on power plants, transmission lines, and substations have caused frequent and widespread blackouts in recent weeks.
    Suriya Jayanti, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Even without the blackouts, two price hikes by YouTube TV in less than two years caused about 500,000 subscribers to cancel, according to an estimate last June by veteran industry analyst Craig Moffett.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Day-trippers dot the lake, braving chilly swims, renting rowboats, and basking in the sun.
    Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The Catskills have always been a retreat—first for 19th-century painters and writers, later for city escapees chasing mountain air and summer swims.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What rankles even more about 2025 is that, in other late-season swoons, the Mets have at least been tracked down by an adversary.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That’s partly because prolonged summer swoons have become an annual occurrence under Boone.
    Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Insensibilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensibilities. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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