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as in sniffing
to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose
we smelled the aroma of freshly baked cookies as soon as we walked in the house
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as in sensing
to have a vague awareness of
I smell something fishy about this situation
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Recent Examples of smelling
With weather models predicting a wind shift, there is a high likelihood that people across metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine, the agency said.
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Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Keep them all at bay with an air purifier that keeps things clean and smelling good in the home.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
This formula has calendula, chamomile and other botanical ingredients that soothed our dry skin while leaving our hands smelling great.
—L.a. Hubilla, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
The oven will be smelling like a cowboy campfire—in the best way, of course!
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
Use my go-to practices for keeping a clean-smelling garbage can.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2024
With that problem solved, the real experiments could begin, designed to record brain activity of cats in response to smelling certain substances or seeing different wavelengths of colored light.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Keep them all at bay with an air purifier that keeps things clean and smelling good in the home.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
This formula has calendula, chamomile and other botanical ingredients that soothed our dry skin while leaving our hands smelling great.
—L.a. Hubilla, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
The oven will be smelling like a cowboy campfire—in the best way, of course!
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
Use my go-to practices for keeping a clean-smelling garbage can.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2024
With that problem solved, the real experiments could begin, designed to record brain activity of cats in response to smelling certain substances or seeing different wavelengths of colored light.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smelling
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While sniffing legal products for their temporary hallucinatory effects is not new for young people, chroming is currently gaining traction on social media platforms like TikTok.Korin Miller, Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Though the term chroming might be new, sniffing run-of-the-mill items for their temporary hallucinatory effects has long been popular with younger people.Korin Miller, Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Generative AI will seek to effectively clone the behavior of the human driver—hearing, sensing and deciding what to do based on the end-to-end models.Max Cheng, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The legs feature a feedback mechanism with potentiometers for position sensing, transforming them into servos for precise control.Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2024
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Until then, blood-sucking bat-men were something only Europeans had to worry about, as Dracula and his castle-dwelling kin preyed on hapless villagers half a world away.Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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The current Magpie wouldn’t get ten steps underground without sucking on a bottle of liquor.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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No firefighters have been injured battling the fire, but one person was transported to the hospital after inhaling smoke, Qualls said.Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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For the first time, scientists have found evidence that marine mammals could be inhaling microplastics, according to new research that detected the potentially harmful particles in the breath of bottlenose dolphins off the coasts of Louisiana and Florida.Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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Indeed, the conclusion the film reaches gestures in this direction, with the sentiment that perhaps the most important thing is that the family experience quality time with each other, more than seeing giraffes and camels and hiking the Himalayas.Catherine Bray, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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This approach to seeing Clark play against other Black players has continued into the WNBA as Clark’s presence has grown the league’s fanbase, creating sellout crowds and record-breaking attendance wherever Clark plays.Susan M. Shaw, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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As a result, perception and behavior tasks, including perceiving objects, predicting the actions of other road users and planning the car’s next steps, happen on-board the car in real time.Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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She’s hurt by the way people are perceiving her daughter.Skyler Caruso, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Smelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smelling. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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