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the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences
the sensitivity needed for a microphone that will be used in a recording studio
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Sun rash symptoms typically appear within a couple of hours to a few days after sun exposure, depending on factors like skin sensitivity and the duration/intensity of UV exposure.
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Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Fixed income is also presenting an opportunity, where investors have attractive yields and don’t have to reach down in quality or too far out in duration – which is a measurement of a bond’s price sensitivity to rate fluctuations – to get it.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
But by incorporating a fundraising effort with onstage salutes to firefighting heroes, the annual celebration of music's biggest artists managed to deftly walk that sensitivity line Sunday while adding several memorable moments to 67 years and counting of Grammy Awards spectacles.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Their piquant sensitivity and horror have no equal in Millennial literature and journalism, which have become merely, rabidly politicized — so very socialist and anti-American that today’s media throws its hands up at the L.A. conflagration.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Fixed income is also presenting an opportunity, where investors have attractive yields and don’t have to reach down in quality or too far out in duration – which is a measurement of a bond’s price sensitivity to rate fluctuations – to get it.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
But by incorporating a fundraising effort with onstage salutes to firefighting heroes, the annual celebration of music's biggest artists managed to deftly walk that sensitivity line Sunday while adding several memorable moments to 67 years and counting of Grammy Awards spectacles.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Their piquant sensitivity and horror have no equal in Millennial literature and journalism, which have become merely, rabidly politicized — so very socialist and anti-American that today’s media throws its hands up at the L.A. conflagration.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Sensitivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitivity. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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