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Recent Examples of sensitize
In these experiments, scientists deliberately sensitize rats or mice by injecting them with a food protein mixed with aluminum.
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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
To make a calotype, the operator sensitized a sheet of good-quality writing paper with silver nitrate and potassium iodide.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
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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
To make a calotype, the operator sensitized a sheet of good-quality writing paper with silver nitrate and potassium iodide.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensitize
soften
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The decision reflected a common pattern in China's technology sector, where startups establish offshore corporate structures to access global capital and reassure foreign investors, and sometimes soften regulatory scrutiny while maintaining engineering talent and intellectual ties to the mainland.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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This cult Japanese skincare-meets-makeup hybrid is an ultra-fine powder to even out skin tone, soften the look of pores, and reduce shine, leaving a translucent finish with subtle coverage.—
Anita Bhagwandas,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Sensitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitize. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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