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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
The next step was to sensitize the plate in a darkroom by dipping it in silver nitrate.
—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
The next step was to sensitize the plate in a darkroom by dipping it in silver nitrate.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensitize
soften
Verb
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That may have helped soften the blow for investors.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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While the council's priority continues to be to remove undocumented immigrants who are violating the law, members have significantly softened their stance for immigrants who do not have criminal records.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Sensitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitize. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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