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Recent Examples of touchy-feely Valerie Bertinelli is standing up for Drew Barrymore and her naturally touchy-feely personality. EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025 Drew Barrymore admitted that she has been warned about her notorious touchy-feely interview style. Ashley Hume, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024 Collaboration gets pegged as: a waste of time (pulls people away from focused, individual work) a way to get slow people up to speed at the expense of fast people fluffy and touchy-feely The brain science tells a different story. Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

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“Touchy-feely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touchy-feely. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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