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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

Heughan said the introduction of intimacy co-ordinators in later series was a "great protection" for actors.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The resulting intimacy is appropriate for the play—and the $20 ticket price is all but unheard-of—but the sight lines can be dicey.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Pauline Hawthorne’s work, she learned, was known for its immediacy and its intimacy, for interrogating images of femininity and identity.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

His mind slalomed elegantly through the intimacies of his body, his marriages and his neighborhood, but never through ideology.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 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

He wanted to tell her something about himself, too, wanted to exchange small kernels of intimacies with her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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