as in familiarity
the state of being in a very personal or private relationship
there can be both rewards and regrets from intimacy with another person
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Recent Examples of intimacy
Apparently intimacy is what Swift and Kelce went for.
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Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] The nocturnal heart rate of young men can be predicted by their female partners’ daytime feelings of intimacy or annoyance.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Things kick off with Venus entering Pisces on Jan. 2, activating your eighth house of intimacy, shared resources and transformation.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Content on these platforms can glorify their actions, fostering distrust in mainstream narratives while creating a sense of intimacy with the accused.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] The nocturnal heart rate of young men can be predicted by their female partners’ daytime feelings of intimacy or annoyance.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Things kick off with Venus entering Pisces on Jan. 2, activating your eighth house of intimacy, shared resources and transformation.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Content on these platforms can glorify their actions, fostering distrust in mainstream narratives while creating a sense of intimacy with the accused.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimacy
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Although Keene was mostly a backup during Lindsey’s year at UCF, his familiarity with Michigan’s new offensive coordinator was another selling point when Michigan was looking for a quarterback in the transfer portal.Austin Meek, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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At the very least, online learning presents a free opportunity to expand your familiarity with the tech around AI.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Sys weren’t interested in walking five miles through burning hills to their home, and then five miles back with their belongings.Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The woman and her two children were left with no belongings but the clothes on their backs.Danielle Kaye, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The results of the team's analysis revealed that all six individuals were biologically related, with varying degrees of kinship, in a family tree spanning at least four generations.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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If his passions remain separate, a kinship with skilled tradespeople, with people who physically make and do, runs deep.Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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More than anything, these two seemingly diametrically opposed ride-or-dies inspire nostalgia for the female friendships from Rae’s previous projects, from Molly and Issa in Insecure to Shawna and Mia in the canceled-too-soon show Rap Sh!t.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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The answer will depend on the closeness of the friendship and the extent, and frequency, of the imposition.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jackie Farry’s legacy is one of love, laughter and an indomitable spirit.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025
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The film has particular local resonance, being the story of a decades-spanning love story between an Icelandic man and a Japanese woman who is a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack of 1945 and who battles the stigma associated with the survivors, known in Japan as Hibakusha.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Intimacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimacy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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