palpable
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Hearts blew a gasket in trying to get level; their intensity and desire to score was so palpable that you could reach out and touch it.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
“The lower end of the Vegas market has probably been the most palpable place where we’ve seen the impact of potential consumer weakness,” Fey said.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Their sinuous, shape-shifting abstractions—glorifying combat, monsters, mystery and metamorphosis—gave magical, palpable form to the terrifying foes and forces, real and imagined, that shadowed their world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
The excitement was palpable Sunday, opening day for David Geffen Galleries, LACMA’s new $724-million building that’s been sparking debate since its inception.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
In its absence it left an aura, a palpable shimmering that was as plain to see as the water in a river or the sun in the sky.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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The Giver
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Grade 10, List 1
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