intimacy
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They may subconsciously view intimacy as a threat to their autonomy and withdraw when relationships become too emotionally close.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Heughan said the series, which ended this year after eight seasons, did not initially have intimacy co-ordinators and "we were very much left to our own devices".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
What lingers is the intimacy of the work—the steady service of caring for frightened people during the worst days of their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
She worries people will rely too much on AI as a “crutch” to replace human intimacy or emotional judgment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
“It’s not the easiest story to read, the way it’s written and all. Like that first line: ‘I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.’
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Mr. Jensen, himself a native of western Nebraska, writes insightfully about the intimacies, frustrations and rivalries of such a place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The lines that had once been carved in laws and norms are obsolete in the eyes of an algorithm designed to lure you into the performative intimacies of strangers’ lives.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025
What is it like when you travel with someone and you fart in front of them for the first time, or they see you brushing your teeth and all of these intimacies?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
Each has consequences on the longer-term lifespan of whatever intimacies their characters can scrape out for themselves.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
He wanted to tell her something about himself, too, wanted to exchange small kernels of intimacies with her.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing intimacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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