1
as in feeling
to have a vague awareness of
the deer seemed to sense danger
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as in knowing
to have a clear idea of
I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later
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Recent Examples of sensing
Adaptive headlights, alloy wheels, panorama moon roof, power lift gate and trunk release, power folding exterior mirrors and rain-sensing windshield wipers are also standard.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
These systems could overwhelm enemy defenses or give wide-area sensing across large regions.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
We have been committed to developing high-resolution, multimodal tactile sensing devices to perceive the interaction between a robot’s hand (particularly its fingertips) and objects.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
And to make a strange story short, America’s finest satirical newspaper swooped in shortly after, sensing a comedic opportunity.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Turion develops space sensing technology, and GITAI USA had its start as an in-space robotics company.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026
Piker and Tolentino deserve some credit for sensing that their theory of social change is incomplete.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
The systems for safety, driver assistance, controlling the vehicle, are so sophisticated and there’s so much software in the vehicles that are sensing devices.
—Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
For sensing and aiming, the robot uses lidar sensors in its torso to detect its surroundings, along with a stereo camera in its head to calculate distance and angle.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
James Raia, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
These systems could overwhelm enemy defenses or give wide-area sensing across large regions.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
We have been committed to developing high-resolution, multimodal tactile sensing devices to perceive the interaction between a robot’s hand (particularly its fingertips) and objects.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
And to make a strange story short, America’s finest satirical newspaper swooped in shortly after, sensing a comedic opportunity.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Turion develops space sensing technology, and GITAI USA had its start as an in-space robotics company.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026
Piker and Tolentino deserve some credit for sensing that their theory of social change is incomplete.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
The systems for safety, driver assistance, controlling the vehicle, are so sophisticated and there’s so much software in the vehicles that are sensing devices.
—Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
For sensing and aiming, the robot uses lidar sensors in its torso to detect its surroundings, along with a stereo camera in its head to calculate distance and angle.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensing
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With companies feeling the squeeze of high rates and weaker consumption, more workers were going unpaid, getting furloughed, or seeing their hours cut.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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But fertilizer, farmers are feeling it.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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Raman and Pratt are right in deeming Bass the old guard of a beat-up city — but the old guard didn’t get there without knowing how to win.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Instead, Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division did little to confront the problem despite knowing about it for years, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Associated Press and FRONTLINE (PBS) has found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Dozens of armed federal agents and LAPD officers were seeing raiding several storefronts near the Alvarado corridor on Wednesday afternoon.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Correa was on crutches and in a walking boot Wednesday morning at the ballpark after seeing a foot specialist.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The lack of physical evidence presents significant challenges for the field of paleontology in understanding species diversification at specific times and places on Earth.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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In practice, this looks like a provider not only asking about symptoms, but understanding context.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Other carriers, smelling blood, had been circling for nearly a year if not longer, and within hours of the airline's collapse were scrambling to both fly ticketed Spirit customers and add to their schedules in the absence left by Spirit's yellow planes.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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Best dry shampoo for colored hair A longstanding favorite for decades, this classic dry shampoo formula keeps hair fresh-smelling and easy to style.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Viewing incarceration and homelessness through a compassionate lens leads to solutions focused on rehabilitation and support, recognizing systemic causes.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Rebuilding public trust starts with recognizing the reality that trust in law enforcement remains strong nationwide.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Abraham Lincoln was wary of the doctrine, perceiving that any such notion of divine inevitability could be used to justify land grabs and war.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Kepler devoted much of his career to figuring out optics, and was arguably the first scientific thinker to articulate the difference between seeing and perceiving.—
Rebecca Boyle,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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The study creates new criteria for deciphering old dice and allows archaeologists to further explore how games have evolved over time, researchers say.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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The clicks are part of a growing sperm whale phonetic alphabet that researchers at CETI are deciphering.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Sensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensing. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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