sensitive

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While your mother’s bank may decide to redact certain sensitive transaction details, it cannot refuse to disclose all accounting.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

There are also Asian currencies with “domestic headwinds and sensitive to U.S. yields such as IDR,” the senior currency analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Firefighters were seeking to contain the fire using preexisting features such as roads, ridges and trails rather than carving a fire line through the island’s sensitive ecosystems, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

She added that, as "intelligent, sensitive animals", any activity involving donkeys must always prioritise their welfare.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Dots of sun danced on the green walls of the shady grove above low bushes weighted with pigeon peas, the earth screened with twigs, sensitive moriviví plants, and french weed studded with tiny blue flowers.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago