supersensitive
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Using supersensitive, quantum-based magnetic sensors, it’s possible to read that field the way a compass needle does and match those variations to pre-existing maps of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
“He loved those sunglasses. He has those beautiful blue eyes, supersensitive to sunlight, so if you saw Noah you knew a pair of shades would be close by,” Matt Shahnavaz said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Researchers are pushing to build a final generation of supersensitive detectors — or one ‘ultimate’ detector — that will leave an elusive dark-matter candidate with no place to hide.
From Nature ● Oct. 4, 2020
The group spends most of its time cultivating a form of mind reading that is, depending on whom you ask, either a supernatural aptitude or “a supersensitive variety of tact.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
Very well, I'd become a supersensitive confirmer of their misconceptions, and just to hold their confidence I'd try to be right part of the time.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
