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Recent Examples of sensitize
In these experiments, scientists deliberately sensitize rats or mice by injecting them with a food protein mixed with aluminum.
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Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
Because so many people have potentially been sensitized to meat after tick bites but don’t know it, Platts-Mills and others have wondered whether there were unexplained deaths that were really severe reactions to a sugar found on mammalian cells, including those in red meat, called alpha-gal.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
The district is investing nearly $400,000 of taxpayer money in efforts to sensitize students and staff to hurtful discrimination.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
To make a calotype, the operator sensitized a sheet of good-quality writing paper with silver nitrate and potassium iodide.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
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Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
Because so many people have potentially been sensitized to meat after tick bites but don’t know it, Platts-Mills and others have wondered whether there were unexplained deaths that were really severe reactions to a sugar found on mammalian cells, including those in red meat, called alpha-gal.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
The district is investing nearly $400,000 of taxpayer money in efforts to sensitize students and staff to hurtful discrimination.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
To make a calotype, the operator sensitized a sheet of good-quality writing paper with silver nitrate and potassium iodide.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensitize
soften
Verb
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The most flattering colors visually soften the skin and enhance its natural beauty.—
Andrea Carbajal,
Glamour,
31 Mar. 2026
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On the other hand, taupe bags work just as well with bold color pairings, softening them with a sense of ease.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Sensitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitize. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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