receptiveness

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Recent Examples of receptiveness This receptiveness led to Ockenfels’ favorite pictures from their partnership — inspired by the facial distortions in the paintings of Francis Bacon — in which bendings of glass were employed to warp Bowie’s likeness. Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025 However, Gedan noted there is receptiveness to investment from China, even beyond the oil sector. Anabella González, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for receptiveness
Noun
  • With Mercury and later the sun in Scorpio, your communication sector becomes supercharged, heightening your psychic receptivity and investigative nature.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Such episodes remind us that philosophy, at its best, thrives on receptivity and the humility to change direction.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the talks.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Millions of Americans experience food sensitivities or allergies every year.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His awareness — and selflessness — played in Daniel Munoz for Palace’s goal.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Heather spoke with Richard Propes, an activist, minister and cancer survivor who invited a crew to document his Tenderness Tour, a wheelchair journey that raises awareness for vulnerable communities.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Though Maggie is writing a paper about virtue signalling, the script doesn’t seem to be able to give her a consciousness that is aware of it.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went mega-viral online, giving the disease one of its first pushes into the global consciousness since baseball legend Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with the disease in 1939.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His possession-by-possession attentiveness was not good.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Viewer Reactions Instagram users instantly flocked to the video, touched by Rusty's attentiveness and curiosity.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Beyond the basics, regular physical activity, mindfulness and yoga can also help.
    Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • To stay grounded, Stueland practices mindfulness and prioritizes exercise.
    Harriet Taylor, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That aliveness and sense of immediacy are what animate Woolf’s prose—and her heroine.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Receptiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receptiveness. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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