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

Or maybe, through repeated exposure, Americans have been desensitized to the burden that unnecessary complexity imposes on us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

We’ve become desensitized to the ritual by now, but slobbering over an elected official—of any stripe—is, and always will be, unbecoming.

From Slate • Mar. 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

Rowan hadn’t thought much of it at the time, but now he understood; it stopped being gleaning the moment one became desensitized to the act.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman