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Recent Examples of feeler
Francona was known to ride a scooter from his place in Cleveland to the stadium and has put out feelers to get a new scooter in Cincinnati.
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C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
By the time a network sent feelers and a New York station made an offer, though, the Scillians' two older kids loved their schools and the twins were out of diapers, and the big city couldn't compete with fall colors and a 20-minute commute to work.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
From fun play-it-loud rock albums to introspective feelers, all are reflective of the time, all still remarkable now.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
By 2003, the Taliban had shifted their focus to taking territory, and once the Taliban offensives began in 2006, peace feelers fell away.
—James Dobbins, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
By the time a network sent feelers and a New York station made an offer, though, the Scillians' two older kids loved their schools and the twins were out of diapers, and the big city couldn't compete with fall colors and a 20-minute commute to work.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
From fun play-it-loud rock albums to introspective feelers, all are reflective of the time, all still remarkable now.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
By 2003, the Taliban had shifted their focus to taking territory, and once the Taliban offensives began in 2006, peace feelers fell away.
—James Dobbins, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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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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In reality, however, scientists have yet to solve that query.Tariq Malik, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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Applications powered by LLMs understand the context of user queries, ensuring that results are more relevant to the actual inquiry, no matter the phrasing of the request.Ravikiran Dharmavaram, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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It was reported that Utah University President Taylor Randall presented the counteroffer of $50 million to continue the Pac-12 media rights negotiations.Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Democrats sent Republicans a counteroffer last night on a major year-end health package, congressional aides and lobbyists said.Peter Sullivan, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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The case remains in pretrial hearings, with no trial date set.Ellen Knickmeyer and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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In all three hearings, the panel accepted Sinner’s explanation that his physio, Giacomo Naldi, used a healing spray containing clostebol on his hand before giving Sinner a massage which led to transdermal contamination.James Hansen, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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In this instance, the government of Greenland, which represents its fifty-six thousand residents, most of whom are Indigenous Inuits, has already rejected Trump’s overtures.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Zuckerberg’s overtures to Trump began in the months leading up to the election.Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
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Where were questions about Syria, Iran, Yemen, or Saudi Arabia?S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Other county department heads were prodded by the supervisors on the questions that have come repeatedly from constituents.Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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You’re not obligated to follow every suggestion or meet every deadline imposed on you.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The video quickly attracted a myriad of comments and suggestions.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The mothers were asked to complete sleep questionnaires when their children were 6, 12, 24 and 36 months old.Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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The reviewers also sent a questionnaire to each company, but only xAI and the Chinese company Zhipu AI (which currently has the most capable Chinese-language LLM) filled theirs out, boosting those two companies’ scores for transparency.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Feeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeler. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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