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intimacy

[in-tuh-muh-see] / ˈɪn tə mə si /


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“The Price,” directed by Elina de Santos, thrives in the intimacy of Pacific Resident Theatre’s main stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"It's awful and you feel naked and open to attack because you worry about being rejected and maybe sometimes that will happen but when it doesn't that's where intimacy and close relationships start to grow."

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Closely cropped and dramatically lighted, the tight composition gives the familiar scene a new immediacy and intimacy, leavened by the playful interaction of the Christ child and St. John.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

You sense this in his work ethic and what it produces, an intimacy of form that implies an almost ritualistic attentiveness to the world around him on its own terms.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Trueba was not one to encourage intimacy with his subordinates.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende