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as in felt
to have a vague awareness of
the deer seemed to sense danger
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as in understood
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 sensed
Within three seconds, phones sensed the P-waves of the first quake, said Marc Stogaitis, a principal engineer at Google who works on the early warning system.
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Amy Graff,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Leviticus writer-director Adrian Chiarella sensed a shift in the world’s acceptance and tolerance toward the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
This remark by a North Carolina journalist in 1848 neatly distilled what many sensed was overtaking American life.
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David S. Reynolds,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
But the immune system has sensed that something is wrong, and spurs a more brute force reaction.
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Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
2 June 2026
But when Melanie Thomley reached out asking for help with her severely matted hair, Fazal immediately sensed the situation was about much more than a hairstyle.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Light bounces off the pothos and strikes the phone’s sensor, which records numbers representing the color the phone sensed.
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Douglas Goodwin,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
Witnesses to the downtown Sacramento mass shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded as nightclubs closed on K Street sensed trouble in the moments before the shots were fired.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
Amazon sensed strong parallels with Marvel's hugely-successful Thor films which put Chris Hemsworth on the map.
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Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Leviticus writer-director Adrian Chiarella sensed a shift in the world’s acceptance and tolerance toward the LGBTQIA+ community.
—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
This remark by a North Carolina journalist in 1848 neatly distilled what many sensed was overtaking American life.
—
David S. Reynolds,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
But the immune system has sensed that something is wrong, and spurs a more brute force reaction.
—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
2 June 2026
But when Melanie Thomley reached out asking for help with her severely matted hair, Fazal immediately sensed the situation was about much more than a hairstyle.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Light bounces off the pothos and strikes the phone’s sensor, which records numbers representing the color the phone sensed.
—
Douglas Goodwin,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
Witnesses to the downtown Sacramento mass shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded as nightclubs closed on K Street sensed trouble in the moments before the shots were fired.
—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
Amazon sensed strong parallels with Marvel's hugely-successful Thor films which put Chris Hemsworth on the map.
—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensed
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The Willy Chavarria show was air-conditioned, pumped with Xinú perfume and felt expensive.
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The devastation in Venezuela is being felt far beyond the country's borders.
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It isn't completely understood how ibogaine works, but scientists know ibogaine affects the brain’s reward and pleasure system.
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Security is now understood as a personal risk structure, not merely a job title.
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Moving a blade back and forth to try to saw biscuits apart will make their layers stick (and ruin the rise).
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Ruggeri says that, in comparison to saw palmetto, which gets far more attention.
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Filming wrapped in May 2025, and as early as the fall of that year, the studio and Gillespie knew the movie wasn’t working.
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At that point, Bobrovsky knew his seven-season run in South Florida, one that included winning a pair of Stanley Cups, was over.
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Sharp-eyed court watchers also noticed that Sotomayor listed $4,333 in gifted concert tickets from Rimas Entertainment.
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Those who noticed the earthquake are encouraged to report it through the USGS Felt Report form.
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Since the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1966, the ABCA has recognized more than 350 individuals with induction.
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Comcast also recognized value in theme parks and invested heavily, building Universal Studios as a formidable rival to Disney.
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My father used a powerful glue to reassemble the cowboy, which twenty-five years later still smelled like orange peels.
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In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.
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Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.
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The signature was deciphered with the help of AI, and specialists at auction house Lyon & Turnbull were able to confirm that Cadell was the artist.
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“Sensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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