1
as in felt
to have a vague awareness of
the deer seemed to sense danger
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2
as in understood
to have a clear idea of
I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later
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Recent Examples of sensed
Meeting with Chase Reid after the 2024-25 Ontario Hockey League season, Soo Greyhounds general manager Kyle Raftis sensed a chip on his player’s shoulder.
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Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
This remark by a North Carolina journalist in 1848 neatly distilled what many sensed was overtaking American life.
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David S. Reynolds,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
But the immune system has sensed that something is wrong, and spurs a more brute force reaction.
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Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
2 June 2026
But when Melanie Thomley reached out asking for help with her severely matted hair, Fazal immediately sensed the situation was about much more than a hairstyle.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Light bounces off the pothos and strikes the phone’s sensor, which records numbers representing the color the phone sensed.
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Douglas Goodwin,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
Witnesses to the downtown Sacramento mass shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded as nightclubs closed on K Street sensed trouble in the moments before the shots were fired.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
Amazon sensed strong parallels with Marvel's hugely-successful Thor films which put Chris Hemsworth on the map.
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Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
In the meantime, Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has also reportedly sensed an opportunity.
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Afp,
Fortune Asia,
23 Dec. 2024
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
This remark by a North Carolina journalist in 1848 neatly distilled what many sensed was overtaking American life.
—
David S. Reynolds,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
But the immune system has sensed that something is wrong, and spurs a more brute force reaction.
—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
2 June 2026
But when Melanie Thomley reached out asking for help with her severely matted hair, Fazal immediately sensed the situation was about much more than a hairstyle.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Light bounces off the pothos and strikes the phone’s sensor, which records numbers representing the color the phone sensed.
—
Douglas Goodwin,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
Witnesses to the downtown Sacramento mass shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded as nightclubs closed on K Street sensed trouble in the moments before the shots were fired.
—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
Amazon sensed strong parallels with Marvel's hugely-successful Thor films which put Chris Hemsworth on the map.
—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
In the meantime, Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has also reportedly sensed an opportunity.
—
Afp,
Fortune Asia,
23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensed
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Rodríguez said that although the tremors were felt across the entire country, the areas hardest hit so far include Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, Aragua, Carabobo and Falcón.
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What at first felt fun — like guiding a sweet wayward child — soon felt like a crazymaking psychological experiment.
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Many of us have long understood that putting your country’s main creative engine inside a techno-dominant machine was probably never going to end well for creativity.
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For reasons that aren't yet fully understood, the results sometimes differ from previous events.
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Moving a blade back and forth to try to saw biscuits apart will make their layers stick (and ruin the rise).
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Ruggeri says that, in comparison to saw palmetto, which gets far more attention.
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Dominion sued the businessman in 2021, alleging that Lindell knew there was no evidence to support his election conspiracy theories, but used the lies to sell pillows.
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Their agents also knew this and assuredly would have shared that risk assessment with their clients (especially for Veesaar and Evans, both of whom are repped by The Team — formerly Wasserman — an agency that sent multiple potential first-round picks back to school this draft cycle).
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This market opportunity has now been embraced by a team of a16z partners that has extensive experience in networking and infrastructure automation, which indicates that the challenge is being noticed.
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And each time, Wacha noticed a desire within Lugo to keep pitching at the highest level.
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In 1908 a significant court ruling determined that only those born to Parsi fathers are recognized by the state as Parsi, laying the groundwork for more than a century of exclusion.
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After a few minutes of ritual, a group of three men shed their long black robes to reveal flowing gowns and began their sema, or ceremony, a ritual that has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Nostalgia was for the Smurfs, for erasers that smelled like strawberries.
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Heavy seaside fog settled above us, and the air smelled salty.
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Among the finds are a 4th-century coin bearing the face of Emperor Constantine, as well as medieval pottery fragments bearing markings archaeologists have not yet deciphered.
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What’s more, the back of the painting shows a number code which was deciphered in the project to reveal the year of production—1934.
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“Sensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensed. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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