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as in feeling
an indefinite physical response to a stimulus
a strange sense of discomfort brought on by the room's strong colors
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as in intellect
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
although he has little formal education, he is a man of considerable practical sense
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as in prudence
the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters
you have the sense to handle anything that comes up
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as in meaning
the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action
got the general sense of the poem
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as in reasoning
the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems
your argument simply shows no sense
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as in to feel
to have a vague awareness of
the deer seemed to sense danger
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as in to understand
to have a clear idea of
I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later
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Recent Examples of sense
Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
Pairing them, like adding almonds to oatmeal, gives you balanced fuel and a sense of fullness.
—Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 7 Jan. 2026
Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
One of the most famous advocates for private utility investment, Warren Buffett, seems to sense a shift in the winds.
—Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Imagining the depth of belief and the extremes of emotion that would motivate such difficult work puts one in touch with sense-making from the past.
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Congress, sensing leverage or electoral opportunity, could legislate controls that no summit can unwind.
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Tensions rise when Nora, a stage actress, rejects Gustav's offer to star in his comeback film and is forced to confront her feelings toward her estranged father.—
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Hans Zimmer put his pedal to the metal while revealing his feelings about the last-minute decision to cut the Best Original Score category from the Golden Globes telecast.—
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The persecution of Trotsky and the Moscow Trials, which caused a rift in the American left, revealed the weakness of Cowley’s party-line political thinking, just as all his other work demonstrated the scope of his literary intellect.—
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Mister Terrific emerges as one of Superman’s smartest anchors, threading intellect through a story preoccupied with power, trust, and what the world expects its heroes to be.—
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Today, similar prudence animates concerns about NATO and broader trans-Atlantic ties in an era when Europe has undergone profound transformations through mass migration, supranational governance, demographic decline, and shifting cultural priorities.—
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The organizations also claim that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s prudence requirement doesn’t allow NIPSCO to recover costs expended pursuant to an unlawful directive, according to the letter.—
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Mark Ruffalo's look at the 2026 Golden Globes has a special meaning.—
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While Iman did not specify the design’s exact meaning, the message framed the tattoo as both an act of remembrance and a symbol of enduring love.—
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Her reasoning is frustrating, but understandable — her husband (Yao), now a vampire, is taunting her outside, and Remmick has threatened to kill her daughter back in town.—
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The court did not explain its reasoning in the brief order, as is typical on its emergency docket.—
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And among the less conversationally direct, the topic often seems to lurk on the fringes as locals in other countries try to more delicately approach politics and discern how US travelers feel about what’s going on at home.—
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Specific details of conversations remain unclear, but the meeting suggests that Comcast feels that there is still a path forward for a deal, in spite of concerns — aired in the press — about the likelihood of regulatory troubles in the US.—
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Even though just three can alert to an emergency, many more are needed to understand what is behind those emergencies.—
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Those specifics aside, more stunningly, researchers discovered that these brave, early explorers of new worlds demonstrated a different way of moving than had been previously understood.—
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After Storrie became an overnight sensation alongside his Heated Rivalry costar Hudson Williams, the actor told Interview Magazine that his life has been busy nonstop.—
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In addition to pain, light sensitivity and obscured vision, acanthamoeba keratitis can also cause redness, dryness, excessive tears and a sensation of a foreign body in the eye.—
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“Sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sense. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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