intimacy
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The intimacy of the space mirrors that of the play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
This deeply tender and generous memoir pulls back from the intimacy of David’s bungalow to take in all humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Nitish Pahwa: We’re in this moment where people aren’t just engaging in emotional intimacy with chatbots, but doing so knowing that it’s fake, and that the LLM is gameable.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Simon says that broken sleep, caused by a partner's snoring, can lead to irritability, arguments, and - if it is decided that sleeping in separate rooms is needed - reduced intimacy.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
In all these weeks he had never come to so close an intimacy with the Savage as Helmholtz immediately achieved.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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If you were familiar with the old museum, the enormous new one—which at times feels inhospitable to the intimacies art requires—may be more than disorienting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
The lines that had once been carved in laws and norms are obsolete in the eyes of an algorithm designed to lure you into the performative intimacies of strangers’ lives.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025
It takes some getting used to, but it puts you in an outward-facing mood, attuned to sounds and intimacies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024
“Women’s friendships are created and maintained principally through conversation, where the focus is often on intimacies and the discussion of social and emotional issues,” researchers mused.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024
There was no sneaking past its rough guard, even to get to one’s own yard of intimacies.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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Power Suffix: -acy
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