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Recent Examples of sensitize
By now too many of us are wary of what’s being sold — sensitized by two years of deepfakes and soft slop, chastened by two decades of social media and rage-farming.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
In these experiments, scientists deliberately sensitize rats or mice by injecting them with a food protein mixed with aluminum.
—Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
Because so many people have potentially been sensitized to meat after tick bites but don’t know it, Platts-Mills and others have wondered whether there were unexplained deaths that were really severe reactions to a sugar found on mammalian cells, including those in red meat, called alpha-gal.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
The district is investing nearly $400,000 of taxpayer money in efforts to sensitize students and staff to hurtful discrimination.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
In these experiments, scientists deliberately sensitize rats or mice by injecting them with a food protein mixed with aluminum.
—Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
Because so many people have potentially been sensitized to meat after tick bites but don’t know it, Platts-Mills and others have wondered whether there were unexplained deaths that were really severe reactions to a sugar found on mammalian cells, including those in red meat, called alpha-gal.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
The district is investing nearly $400,000 of taxpayer money in efforts to sensitize students and staff to hurtful discrimination.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensitize
soften
Verb
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Soaking sunflower seeds before planting can help with germination as this method softens the naturally hard outer layer of the seed.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
11 May 2026
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Justin Sullivan | Getty Images From Domino’s Pizza to Applebee’s, restaurant chains are reporting that sales softened in March as gas prices spiked.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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“Sensitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitize. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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