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as in numbed
lacking in sensation or feeling
I've been sitting in the same position for too long and now my feet are numb
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as in blank
not expressing any emotion
apparently in shock, he answered the police officer's questions with a numb expression on his face
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as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
years of physical and emotional abuse had rendered the woman numb and withdrawn
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as in to dull
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
wait for the medication to numb your mouth
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Recent Examples of numb
Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
Maybe voters have grown numb to Trump’s stream of norm-breaking, head-scratching conduct.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
Your healthcare provider may also offer a local anesthetic to numb the area around your cervix to make the process more comfortable.
Factors Affecting IUD Insertion Pain
How painful IUD insertion is varies from person to person.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
If life were all gravy and hot fudge, the normal reaction would be to get a little numb to it.
—Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
Maybe voters have grown numb to Trump’s stream of norm-breaking, head-scratching conduct.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Verb
Surgeons commonly do the procedure with patients awake, using local anesthesia (numbing injections) plus an oral sedative, like Xanax, to quell anxiety.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
Your healthcare provider may also offer a local anesthetic to numb the area around your cervix to make the process more comfortable.
Factors Affecting IUD Insertion Pain
How painful IUD insertion is varies from person to person.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for numb
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The chicken is tender and juicy, a blank canvas for a few meals..Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
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In the video, Isabel stares into the camera with wide eyes and a blank expression, clearly astonished.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Weekly Newsletter In place of a stoic effort to avoid the influence of emotion, thirteenth-century thinkers including Thomas Aquinas sought to use reason to direct the passions correctly, turning them into tools for self-improvement.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
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Gladstone has come to specialize in playing close-to-the-vest types, women who can be secretive and watchful but are hardly stoic or repressed.Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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The previous Traverse wasn't a sports car either, but the height and the width of the new SUV dull its road manners.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tequila and heroin can only dull the pain for so long before Lee’s desperate yearning for something more cuts through the haze and sends him back out into dingy bars and narrow alleys, prowling with a predatory lust for men.David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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The final shot shows a new Alice identical to the original lying asleep on a metal slab in the laboratory.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Unity Township woman set off hours earlier in her car, along with her 5-year-old granddaughter, who was later found safe and asleep inside her vehicle.David Chiu, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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But Mara may not need any coaxing to make sweeping change if the stadium is empty on Sunday and the Giants get blown out by Bergen Catholic-product Darren Rizzi, Derek Carr and Alvin Kamara.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Elsewhere, many parts of the capital were empty and shops were closed.ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN and ABBY SEWELL, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
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The show’s continuing appeal hinges largely on Guralnik; her calm demeanor and sharp analytical framing guide the participants (and the audience) toward astute insights about their relationship patterns.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Children who used to be violent have become calmer, and violence against children has significantly decreased.Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Surgery can benefit from real-time AI explanations and XR visualizations to reduce patient anxiety, while oncology can simplify complex treatment plans for better decision making.Alon Zuckerman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Westmore Beauty’s 60-Second Eye Effects Gel Duo promises to instantly reduce the appearance of signs of aging around your eyes.Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2024
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Analysts say that the candidates’ lackluster campaigns failed to entice apathetic young people and generated unusual levels of voter indecision.Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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While failing to entice apathetic young voters and generating extraordinary indecision, Uruguay's lackluster electoral campaigns steered clear of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere in the world, like in the United States and neighboring Argentina.NAYARA BATSCHKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Numb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numb. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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