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as in attitude
a particular attitude, mindset, or preference
The artist was known for her minimalist sensibility. The sentiments expressed in the essay, while typical of their time, are apt to offend modern sensibilities.
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as in sensitivity
the capacity to notice and respond to something
She has a painter's innate sensibility for color and composition.
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Recent Examples of sensibility
Brookner, like Taylor, is merciless in her examination of a particular sensibility.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025
Taking on such conventions with a center-right viewpoint might help explain the popularity of Sheridan’s series—if for no other reason than such red-state sensibilities seldom make their way past left-leaning pop culture gatekeepers.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
This 323-Square-Foot Home Is Meant to Look Like a Luxury Hotel
By Nicolas Milon
Barry and Amanda Lantz—a father-daughter team—combine their skills and sensibilities in their interiors through their studio, Lantz Collective, which operates out of both Florida and Indiana.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025
In busting the thing up to rebuild it, Holmes and Ellis have drained away much of the smart, replacing it with hard nudges to the ribs, tedious hat tips to contemporary sensibilities, and unnecessary lumps of earnest character biography.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025
Taking on such conventions with a center-right viewpoint might help explain the popularity of Sheridan’s series—if for no other reason than such red-state sensibilities seldom make their way past left-leaning pop culture gatekeepers.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
This 323-Square-Foot Home Is Meant to Look Like a Luxury Hotel
By Nicolas Milon
Barry and Amanda Lantz—a father-daughter team—combine their skills and sensibilities in their interiors through their studio, Lantz Collective, which operates out of both Florida and Indiana.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025
In busting the thing up to rebuild it, Holmes and Ellis have drained away much of the smart, replacing it with hard nudges to the ribs, tedious hat tips to contemporary sensibilities, and unnecessary lumps of earnest character biography.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensibility
Noun
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If cinema is going to survive, per McQuarrie, the players and studios involved have to prop each other rather than taking an attitude of crushing each other.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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However, the need to keep secrets that confer a competitive advantage could affect decisions and attitudes about exactly how transparent AI should be.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Rather than seeing her emotional sensitivity as a liability, Post uses therapeutic work to transform it into a business asset. ForbesWomen: Get the ForbesWomen newsletter, and supercharge your mission with success stories, tips and more.—
Megan Bruneau,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Children: Children have a higher sensitivity to chlorella and spirulina than adults.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Kirkland Signature Double Sided Gift Wrap features six, 90-square foot rolls that come in four different styles.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
14 May 2025
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Hitch mount: This requires a trailer hitch and comes in one of two styles (hanging and platform).—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
Noun
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In fact, the American phase of his career, which spans from his arrival at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1938 through his death in 1969, was about creating the glass and steel aesthetic that defines architecture during that period.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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Fashion girls of all aesthetics have embraced the style for a few seasons now, starting with girls in Copenhagen rocking Havaianas with bouncy Cecilie Bahnsen dresses to this season’s controversial Dune flats from The Row.—
Talia Abbas,
Vogue,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Hearing aids come in various styles that fit inside and behind the ear.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025
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Sizzling sisig, with pork belly, ears and liver is killer with a squeeze of calamansi.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 May 2025
Noun
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In the competitive world of alternative investments, SWI Group has distinguished itself through an approach that emphasizes local market knowledge as a key differentiator.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Her modern, organic approach leans into nature’s nuances, from seafoam greens to terra-cotta reds.—
Eleni N. Gage,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 May 2025
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The story is like a gentle hug, wrapping you up in a sense of comfort and contentment.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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According to sources, Shell did float the idea about dropping the 10 PM hour with CBS executives but that was put to rest after he was presented with detailed arguments — and data — why programming the time slot makes financial sense for the network.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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To compensate for the lack of these conveniences, the village depends on ancient techniques that were in place before the first Europeans arrived.—
Smithsonian magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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The technique provides a surer path to passage as the General Assembly begins its three-week push its constitutional adjournment deadline of midnight June 4.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2025
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“Sensibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensibility. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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