sensitive
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ALMA's instruments are sensitive enough to distinguish deuterated water from ordinary water, allowing the team to precisely measure the ratio between the two.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
It’s also true that consumers become more sensitive to higher prices because press coverage makes the price hikes inescapable, and less so as prices fall, even if they don’t fully return to earlier levels.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
He has also espoused a more collegiate style of governance, delegating some particularly sensitive topics to his senior clergy.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Winters said the pollution had come at a particularly sensitive time for the young salmon in the river.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
At Bell Labs in nearby Murray Hill, New Jersey, two engineers had been testing out sensitive microwave-detecting equipment.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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