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be sensitive

VERB

feel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acknowledge appear appreciate endure enjoy get go through have know meet notice perceive receive see seem sense suffer suggest taste understand welcome

STRONG

accept comprehend discern encounter exhibit note observe remark resemble savor undergo

WEAK

be affected be aware of be excited be impressed be sensible of be turned on to get in touch get vibes have a hunch have funny feeling

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“This cash-pay channel might be more sensitive to economic cycle, especially to middle-class U.S. households, and might be sensitive to AI-led labor-market disruptions in white-collar jobs,” the analysts wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Yet rapid testing tools may not be sensitive enough.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

This guide -- to which the UN agency for children contributed -- recommends parents remain calm and open, listen to their children and be sensitive to their feelings, and limit their own news consumption.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

“We have a lot of developers in town who are really trying to be sensitive to fitting in to the neighborhood.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Emile-Jaques Dalcroze believed that every musician should strive to be sensitive and expressive, and to express music through purposeful movement, sound, thought, feeling, and creativity.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

be sensitive

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