prehensions

plural of prehension

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Noun
  • According to an insider with decades of dealings with the director, Spielberg is well aware of perceptions of his commercial cold streak and specifically set about to reverse course with Disclosure Day.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • To create its 10-point Solo Travel Risk Index, the company examined a range of factors that can shape the solo travel experience, including residents' perceptions of personal safety, healthcare quality and accessibility, peace and safety indices, environmental risks, and internet connectivity.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Thus, the cisgendered body and heterosexuality are a dynamic instead of a foundation to our conceptions of Black motherhood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Users could compare the two and get a window into their own conceptions of the game.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Everyone knows everything because knowledge flows not from direct experience but from our intuitive understandings.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • For Google, that potentially unlocks new understandings of user intentions.
    John Ruwitch, NPR, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Any apprehensions about whether a first-time collaboration between Hartford’s two largest self-producing theaters — Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford — could gel smoothly enough to grasp all the nuances of this challenging work are dispelled immediately by the opening number.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
  • Nearly 25% of parents who track their adult children said the monitoring could sometimes magnify their apprehensions rather than give them reassurance, according to the poll.
    Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
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“Prehensions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prehensions. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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