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intimacy

[in-tuh-muh-see] / ˈɪn tə mə si /


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Heughan said the series, which ended this year after eight seasons, did not initially have intimacy co-ordinators and "we were very much left to our own devices".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

What lingers is the intimacy of the work—the steady service of caring for frightened people during the worst days of their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

There is an intimacy, of course, with these two characters.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

For platforms, the challenge is verifying identities, policing boundaries, and making sure a market built around emotional intimacy doesn’t become a regulatory liability.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

Up in Quincy, Abigail reiterated her abiding sense that Jefferson could be trusted to recover his earlier intimacy with her husband.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Mr. Jensen, himself a native of western Nebraska, writes insightfully about the intimacies, frustrations and rivalries of such a place.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

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

“They find their intimacies not necessarily in the stability and resolution of marriage but in love affairs and chosen family and friendships with women.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 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

They said they loved each other, used “darling” and “dearest,” and knew their future was together, but they held back from wilder intimacies.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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