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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
Tiny injectable or wearable LnLEDs could potentially help doctors detect cancers, monitor organs in real time, or activate light sensitive drugs with exceptional precision.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
"The territory is so vast, and there are so many sensitive targets within it, that the enemy cannot predict where we will fly tomorrow," Madyar said.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
On the legal front, market cops will have to establish that betting based on sensitive, nonpublic government information actually meets the definition of insider trading.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
A form of history which presents itself as acutely sensitive to the language of people in the past proceeds by dismissing out of hand what they said, over and over again, about themselves.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing sensitive
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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In the Mood? 100 Words to Describe Emotions
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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