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as in numbness
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness
the husband's general insensibility is creating great tension in the marriage
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Noun
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Driggers underwent 28 rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatments and still has numbness in his feet and hands.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026 -
Claudication that doesn’t improve, wounds that won’t heal, sudden severe swelling and new numbness all warrant a clinician visit.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Giles does this by putting Buffy into a trance with a crystal and then injecting her with muscle relaxants and adrenaline suppressors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 June 2026
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Jamie hesitated and then, in an actorly kind of trance, came over and joined her on the bed.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Summer Satur-daze Summer Music Series.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
28 May 2026
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Other bedding plants for summer color in sunny sites include angelonia, blue daze, bush daisy, Joseph’s coat, melampodium, salvia, torenia and zinnias.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Views reach toward the tiny islet of Preveto, with the more westerly shape of Marettimo faint on the horizon.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Taking on an enormous corporation isn’t for the faint of heart; thank goodness Smalls, who first organized the Congress of Essential Workers and then the Amazon Labor Union, has a heart strong enough to keep struggling for his colleagues against a monolithic management team.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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After so much apathy during the past season, his return carries appeal — but supporters are by no means entirely behind his return.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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But the performance on the field wasn’t the biggest cause for concern that night for the Gunners – the most damning indictment was the apathy surrounding the club.—
Thomas Schlachter,
CNN Money,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The company also flags baseline cardiac disease, abnormal ECG, arrhythmia, prior cervical vagotomy, abnormal cervical anatomy, brain tumor or aneurysm history, head trauma, syncope, seizures and nickel allergy as unevaluated risks.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Vasovagal syncope is defined by the British National Health Service as a common type of fainting caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure and heart rate.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Interstellar space is unforgivingly vast, but the emptiness has some advantages.—
Kai James,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct.—
Chase Garbarino,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The record has always been looked at as the black sheep of the two albums, the more experimental foray that embraced the coldness of synths on a stylistic side quest.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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When Charles was set to come face to face with one of the brightest, youngest faces of American politics, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, he was met with only a coldness and reminder of the crimes of British imperialism.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Insensibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensibility. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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