intimacy
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Intimacy plus oxytocin outperformed intimacy and placebo, suggesting that oxytocin amplifies the effect of physical affection on healing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Intimacy co-ordinators became fixtures on film sets to make actors feel safe in the wake of the Me Too movement, which exposed abuse in the industry.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025
Intimacy coordinators have been a hot-button topic in Hollywood as norms and standards for filming intimate scenes have changed in the last several years.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024
Intimacy demands that you share parts of yourself that you’re ashamed of.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023
But there would also be times when I sensed the deepest truth about language and intimacy: Intimacy is not created by a particular language; it is created by intimates.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Vocabulary lists containing intimacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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