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as in feelings
an indefinite physical response to a stimulus
a strange sense of discomfort brought on by the room's strong colors
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as in meanings
the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action
got the general sense of the poem
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as in smells
to have a vague awareness of
the deer seemed to sense danger
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as in knows
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 senses
Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 June 2026
Embr Wave is a personal thermostat for your wrist that activates your thermal senses at the touch of a button through the use of precise cooling and warming sensations.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
Your senses are flooded by the unmistakable smell of the ocean.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 3 June 2026
If the busyness of nearby midtown has your senses overloaded, stroll uptown instead to enjoy the charming, slower-moving streets of the UWS.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Altman even senses that some employers are hiding behind AI when reasoning their workforce layoffs.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 June 2026
That’s why lessons that engage the senses and involve physical activity are especially important.
—CNN Money, 1 June 2026
Uh, so just a feast for the senses.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
Key Points Cayenne pepper can deter squirrels by irritating their senses without causing harm.
—Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
Thom Harris, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Mother senses that her children are imprisoned in an underground area and asks that they be set free.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Botwin explained that this occurs when the body senses any danger or stress associated with past trauma.
—Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
Alex Palou senses a change among IndyCar fans these days.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
On some level, Hasna senses that such a soulless, Kafkaesque environment has to be hiding worse evils than paycheck withholding and infrequent bathroom breaks.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Trigeminovascular System Activation Initiates Headache Pain The initiation of cortical spreading depression, which is linked to an aura, also activates the trigeminovascular system, a network of nerves and blood vessels in your head that senses pain and sends signals to your brain.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2026
The team also found genetic differences between cancers that were able to spread in the heart and those that were not, and identified a protein that senses mechanical forces and reduces the activity of genes linked to proliferation in cancer cells.
—Anil Oza, STAT, 23 Apr. 2026
This can happen due to a draft, a dirty pilot opening, or issues with the thermocouple (a small device that senses the pilot flame and controls the gas valve).
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
Consider a small refresh by choosing soft clothes that soothe your senses, which helps your energy stay even through conversations and errands.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 June 2026
Embr Wave is a personal thermostat for your wrist that activates your thermal senses at the touch of a button through the use of precise cooling and warming sensations.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
Your senses are flooded by the unmistakable smell of the ocean.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 3 June 2026
If the busyness of nearby midtown has your senses overloaded, stroll uptown instead to enjoy the charming, slower-moving streets of the UWS.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Altman even senses that some employers are hiding behind AI when reasoning their workforce layoffs.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 June 2026
That’s why lessons that engage the senses and involve physical activity are especially important.
—CNN Money, 1 June 2026
Uh, so just a feast for the senses.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
Key Points Cayenne pepper can deter squirrels by irritating their senses without causing harm.
—Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
Verb
Burn turns quickly on the ball, and Bruno Guimaraes senses an opportunity to drop for the pass in frame two.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Mother senses that her children are imprisoned in an underground area and asks that they be set free.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Botwin explained that this occurs when the body senses any danger or stress associated with past trauma.
—Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
Alex Palou senses a change among IndyCar fans these days.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
On some level, Hasna senses that such a soulless, Kafkaesque environment has to be hiding worse evils than paycheck withholding and infrequent bathroom breaks.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Trigeminovascular System Activation Initiates Headache Pain The initiation of cortical spreading depression, which is linked to an aura, also activates the trigeminovascular system, a network of nerves and blood vessels in your head that senses pain and sends signals to your brain.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2026
The team also found genetic differences between cancers that were able to spread in the heart and those that were not, and identified a protein that senses mechanical forces and reduces the activity of genes linked to proliferation in cancer cells.
—Anil Oza, STAT, 23 Apr. 2026
This can happen due to a draft, a dirty pilot opening, or issues with the thermocouple (a small device that senses the pilot flame and controls the gas valve).
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senses
Noun
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Another taxpayer, Adolphus Sutherland, expressed his torn feelings.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Stay busy to combat pessimistic feelings.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
Noun
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This month, despite the spring of it all, my favorite covers were strange and dark, their meanings obscure.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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As imperial forces traversed continents, the meanings and uses of these arrivals—whether people, plants, or ideologies— were actively negotiated and reshaped by the societies and environments compelled to contend with them.—
Sophia Rey,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Scent is closely tied to memory and mood, and a home that smells distinctly like your home — not like a hotel lobby or a department store — tends to feel more grounding.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
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Every single thing that gets touched, if it’s ripped, damaged or smells, gets chucked away.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Nobody knows how often adverse events occur, said Kristen Nixon, a Johns Hopkins University researcher who has studied posts about weight loss drugs on Reddit, a popular online forum.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The feels-like temperatures in South Florida on Monday, June 1, 2026.—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Monday afternoon was hot, too, in the 90s in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas, with humidity making the feels-like temperatures swamp us as if in triple digits.—
Howard Cohen
June 1,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
Noun
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There were no details on the message’s contents.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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There were no details on the contents of the message.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
Verb
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How Familiar handles privacy inside your home A robot that sees and hears what happens inside your home naturally raises privacy questions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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However, her personable commanding officer Majid (Shafi al-Harthi) sees the value in her perspective when a high school student’s body turns up in the desert, and Nawal discerns clues from details which the policemen overlook, from the girl’s manicure to the embroidery on her abaya.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Even now, the psychological moves of the book’s last moments, how and what Maeve understands, feel to me provisional, blurry, to be co-created with the reader.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Ahamed really understands the American economy as part of a global economic system—something that a lot of other writers refuse to do.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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“Senses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senses. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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