intimacy
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Jeffrey Hall, professor of communications studies at the University of Kansas, says a thoughtful, honest exchange is what matters in creating intimacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
“There’s a level of intimacy you get, and there’s a time frame built in when you’re at dinner, or at lunch, versus at a bar or at a coffee shop,” said Murthy, a 25-year-old paralegal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"The bubble of the show assumes that there will be, kind of intimacy," she added, "and that is a dangerous situation."
From BBC • May 18, 2026
According to the presentation, he will be interviewing “major personalities from the Hispanic world” in a format that “blends the intimacy of a close conversation with the scale and emotion of a major television event.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
During the first of his three years in prison, Perry had observed Willie-Jay from a distance, with interest but with apprehension; if one wished to be thought a tough specimen, intimacy with Willie-Jay seemed unwise.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Vocabulary lists containing intimacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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