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Recent Examples of sensitizeKey Ingredients: Niacinamide, reishi mushroom, tranexamic acid Best For: Sensitive or sensitized skin
Dosage: 1-3 pumps, morning and night
Size: 1 fl. oz.—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025 In short, our defense mechanisms fail to sensitize employees to the dangers of spam and scam messages—and as a result, do not improve overall cybersecurity.—Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 These international initiatives aim to undermine homophobia by sensitizing the world to the fact that despite securing rights once thought to be unattainable, gay people remain among the world’s most vulnerable minorities, even in some of the world’s most liberal societies.—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2017 The researchers relied on optogenetics, a sophisticated genetic tool that uses a laser to control neurons that have been sensitized to light.—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2014 See All Example Sentences for sensitize
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soften
Verb
Yet analysts expect her stance on visits to the Yasukuni shrine will soften in office.
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Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
Sorbitol pulls water into your colon to soften stools.
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