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Recent Examples of sensitize
Key Ingredients: Niacinamide, reishi mushroom, tranexamic acid Best For: Sensitive or sensitized skin
Dosage: 1-3 pumps, morning and night
Size: 1 fl. oz.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensitize
soften
Verb
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That initial white chocolate softens into something creamier and woodier as the hours pass.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
3 Oct. 2025
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Expect Hamas to try to equivocate, buy time, soften language, and insist on impossible guarantees while preserving levers of power.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Sensitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitize. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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