desensitized

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Reactions to other recent reports have been muted as well, with investors seemingly desensitized to Nvidia’s big numbers.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

“You almost get desensitized to it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Investors have become desensitized to risk as the 2008-09 financial crisis fades from memory, Block believes.

From Barron's • Oct. 8, 2025

"It’s crazy to me that we’ve gotten so almost desensitized to it, or that no one’s really calling it out anymore."

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

By their constant contact with the chemicals these men keep themselves desensitized — as an allergist keeps his patients desensitized by repeated small injections of the allergen.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson