sensitizes

present tense third-person singular of sensitize

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Verb
  • The hummingbirds are one of the few subjects that, briefly, softens him.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Chamomile softens the flame, vanilla sweetens the smoke, and the result is all loving, never strange… a total trance.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tariffs are taxes on production, government spending is a tax on progress, deportation saps workforce productivity, and the weak dollar (see the gold price) is a tax on investment.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Cast and crew are emotionally invested in the urgency of the material, but the bland competency of the whole affair saps it of power.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Sensitizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitizes. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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