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Recent Examples of feeler
Soon after, Israel began putting out feelers through secret channels to assess Arab willingness to start a conversation on the subject.
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Moshe Yaalon, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2018
Among new markets on the horizon, Bourgeois is also putting out feelers in the fast-growing Middle East.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025
As players cleaned out the locker room Jan. 6 at Halas Hall, Bears leaders upstairs were busy putting out feelers and lining up candidates to interview for the head coaching position.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
And our water signs—Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces—are the feelers of the zodiac.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2022
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Moshe Yaalon, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2018
Among new markets on the horizon, Bourgeois is also putting out feelers in the fast-growing Middle East.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025
As players cleaned out the locker room Jan. 6 at Halas Hall, Bears leaders upstairs were busy putting out feelers and lining up candidates to interview for the head coaching position.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
And our water signs—Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces—are the feelers of the zodiac.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeler
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In open session at 5 p.m., the council will give final approval to a change in council procedures to allow for a motion and second before further consideration of an agenda item.—
Laura Groch
Feb. 5,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2023
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The ruling, issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty in the Southern District of New York, denied a motion brought by individuals and mental health organizations in December.—
Celina Tebor,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2023
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The sheer scale of DNS infrastructure further complicates defense efforts, as organizations often struggle to monitor and secure the vast number of queries flowing through their networks.—
David Redekop,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The collection’s eponymous essay is a selection of Vara’s Google Search queries, organized by category (who, what, when, where, why, how).—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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His counteroffer punctures the fantasy instantly—and is equally romantic, in its way.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration is holding firm on its tariff plans despite tumbling global stock markets, counteroffers from America's trading partners, and growing Republican opposition in both the House and Senate.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Tarrant County school districts and city leaders warned lawmakers of the negative effects of property reappraisals not being done annually during a recent subcommittee hearing in Austin.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
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At the court hearing in Moscow last October, a masked guard placed Hubbard into a glass cage.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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At least one company seems to have made overtures to parents via a pediatrics organization: Vicks ZzzQuil, a popular line of children’s melatonin products, sponsored a 2020 webinar on sleep hosted by the American Academy of Pediatrics.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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Amid uncertainty around the fate of the TikTok ban, Meta is one of the major social media platforms making overtures to creators.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2025
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These developments have unjustifiably prolonged this investigation and raise questions about the actual purpose of the proceeding.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Mar. 2025
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For forward-thinking business leaders, adopting a digital mailroom is no longer a question.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Contact Hyatt with suggestions, tips and scoops at +1-720-951-2080 (Signal) or jhyatt@forbes.com.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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That suggestion is fundamentally incompatible with the basic premise of equal justice under the law.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
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After the Surfside disaster, Fannie Mae began requiring condo associations to fill out extensive questionnaires detailing their finances and building conditions to submit to a bank or lender when a unit owner wants to sell to a buyer who is seeking financing.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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The jury is to be selected from St. Charles County, with questionnaires being sent out in early August and the final selection to begin in mid-September.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Feeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeler. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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