1
as in feeling
to have a vague awareness of
the deer seemed to sense danger
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as in knowing
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 sensing
Native color sensing changes how machines perceive their surroundings by combining geometric structure with visual context.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
Last week, likely sensing which way the legal wind is blowing, Paramount Skydance’s chief legal officer Makan Delrahim wrote to Bonta to preemptively plead the company’s case.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
In their court papers, the Iskander attorneys contend that the 62-year-old Grossman tried to flee the scene and likely would have succeeded had her vehicle not automatically shut down due to it sensing the massive impact that had just occurred.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 May 2026
Some players are primarily selling access to frontier compute, some are building national-lab and cloud relationships, and some are using adjacent products such as sensing and timing to create earlier revenue while the computing stack matures.
—Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
After more than four years on the Ukrainian front lines, officer Kyrylo Bondarenko is finally sensing a shift.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
His son, sensing the hour, the day, and the overall strangeness of a work call at that hour, knew something was up.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Lomax, sensing his happiness, forces its end, depriving Stoner of this brief joy.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
The researchers found a much simpler way to build sensing technology.
—New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
Last week, likely sensing which way the legal wind is blowing, Paramount Skydance’s chief legal officer Makan Delrahim wrote to Bonta to preemptively plead the company’s case.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
In their court papers, the Iskander attorneys contend that the 62-year-old Grossman tried to flee the scene and likely would have succeeded had her vehicle not automatically shut down due to it sensing the massive impact that had just occurred.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 May 2026
Some players are primarily selling access to frontier compute, some are building national-lab and cloud relationships, and some are using adjacent products such as sensing and timing to create earlier revenue while the computing stack matures.
—Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
After more than four years on the Ukrainian front lines, officer Kyrylo Bondarenko is finally sensing a shift.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
His son, sensing the hour, the day, and the overall strangeness of a work call at that hour, knew something was up.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Lomax, sensing his happiness, forces its end, depriving Stoner of this brief joy.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
The researchers found a much simpler way to build sensing technology.
—New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensing
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My long, cold period of feeling relegated as a writer was over.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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For many families, barriers to care stem not only from transportation or cost, but from feeling misunderstood, unseen, or unable to communicate comfortably with providers.—
Maria Bledsoe,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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Still, the answer to treating PMOS isn’t just patients knowing what to look for and what to do, experts say.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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The two have since built an unspoken connection, each knowing when the other is feeling especially bogged down by the conflict.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
13 May 2026
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Hiba imagined seeing snow for the first time and living in a cold state, such as Ohio.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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His absence led to Ben Hutton and Dylan Coghlan seeing elevated minutes, and both handled them well.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Maybe a computer was a new tool for understanding poetry.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The week-long experience focuses on strength training to increase muscle mass; the importance of nutrition (especially protein); and understanding the long-term effects and impacts of weight loss medications.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Criticizing those who are actually out there touching it, smelling it, handling it, doing the work — that’s just absolutely shameful.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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The lawsuits filed on Tuesday accuse Nicor Gas and the building's management company of failing to properly respond after residents reported smelling natural gas hours before the explosion.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette will run daily articles recognizing 50 notable figures in Arkansas history to coincide with America250, the national commemoration of the country's 250th anniversary.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2026
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More millennials are recognizing perimenopause in real time, reading about treatment options, looking at personalized plans, and finding solutions such as telehealth companies.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Abraham Lincoln was wary of the doctrine, perceiving that any such notion of divine inevitability could be used to justify land grabs and war.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Kepler devoted much of his career to figuring out optics, and was arguably the first scientific thinker to articulate the difference between seeing and perceiving.—
Rebecca Boyle,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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Currently, judges in California courts are responsible for deciphering the nuances of California’s Invasion of Privacy law.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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The study creates new criteria for deciphering old dice and allows archaeologists to further explore how games have evolved over time, researchers say.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Sensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensing. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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