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intimacy

[in-tuh-muh-see] / ˈɪn tə mə si /


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Their presence gives “The Terminal Crew of Dudes” an intimacy that feels less like a comedy special and more like friends jamming and trying to make each other laugh.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

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

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

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

I listened through the canvas as she whispered long hours with His Lordship, though words I could not divine, merely the hissing sibilants of collusion and intimacy.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

At moments, poignant domestic intimacies such as cooking and bathing threaten to break the detente and let in some emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 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

What is it like when you travel with someone and you fart in front of them for the first time, or they see you brushing your teeth and all of these intimacies?

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2024

Each has consequences on the longer-term lifespan of whatever intimacies their characters can scrape out for themselves.

From Salon Apr. 19, 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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