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Recent Examples of receptiveness
Trump officials have pointed to research on ivermectin as an example of the administration’s receptiveness to ideas the scientific establishment has rejected.
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Rachana Pradhan, STAT, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Rachana Pradhan, STAT, 10 Feb. 2026
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
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Though most people understand the need for sunscreen, many don’t realize that the brain, like the skin, is an organ with exquisite receptivity to the outside world.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2026
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Sometimes these shifts are small, noticeable only to the character experiencing them, as when an impending hurricane heightens the narrator’s receptivity to the minor mysteries of humble objects.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Mentor was known for his wisdom and trust-building sensitivity.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Emotional weather systems with tempers, intuition, sensitivity, and something wild in our blood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Students at a California elementary school are banding together to raise awareness and money to save the bald eagle hunting area at San Bernardino National Forest's Big Bear Valley, home of the viral bald eagles Jackie and Shadow.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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President of the Laburt Improvement Community Association, Janet Bailey handed out flyers in the community after Brooks in an effort to raise awareness abut local behavioral health services.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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The most concerning scenario is a slow-moving catastrophe that never fully enters public consciousness due to largely absent data.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The inability to provide adequate oxygen and remove CO₂ from the air would lead first to confusion, panic and eventually the loss of consciousness.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Nolan’s attentiveness to his characters extends beyond the page.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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The variance with accustomed Goodspeed values is apparent from the very first moments, though the opening gambit fails due to an appalling lack of attentiveness from the audience.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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Practice mindfulness and find your own sense of serenity.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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Participants will gain skills to develop mutual trust, respect, and mindfulness between Dominant and submissive.—
Rachel del Guidice,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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Out in a rainstorm because sometimes that can be just as appealing as watching it from behind warm windows—there is a natural craving for weather to confirm one’s aliveness, and as with storms the same can be true of being out in strong winds, or heavy snowfall, or dense mist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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The curious thing was, the source of this aliveness seemed to be located in moments in which the group did absolutely nothing.—
Daniel Coyle,
Big Think,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Receptiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receptiveness. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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