feeler

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Recent Examples of feeler As players cleaned out the locker room Monday at Halas Hall, Bears leaders upstairs were busy putting out feelers and lining up candidates to interview for the head coaching position. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025 Among new markets on the horizon, Bourgeois is also putting out feelers in the fast-growing Middle East. Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025 As players cleaned out the locker room Jan. 6 at Halas Hall, Bears leaders upstairs were busy putting out feelers and lining up candidates to interview for the head coaching position. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025 As players cleaned out the locker room Jan. 6 at Halas Hall, Bears leaders upstairs were busy putting out feelers and lining up candidates to interview for the head coaching position. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feeler
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Rather than stuffing your website with keywords, focus on natural language queries.
    Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • The result was a sophisticated AI system that analyzes user queries, retrieves real-time information, and automatically crafts visual narratives that balance factual accuracy with engaging storytelling.
    William Jones, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The counteroffer makes no mention, though, of whether Ukraine would fully regain Crimea or other territory seized by Russia, and postpones discussion of territorial issues until after a cease-fire.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • While the Heat acknowledged a counteroffer to Vincent, the sense from the outset was Cleveland’s four-year, $63 million contract to Max was too rich for a team that already had Duncan Robinson on the books for $18.2 million in 2023-24 and then $19.4 million this past season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The deadline to hold a hearing is Nov. 12, with the possibility of one 90-day extension.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
  • This portion of his testimony did not come up during the hearing, and it has not been reported publicly to date.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Patriotic tunes from the symphony, sometimes with vocal accompaniment, led up to Tchaikovsky’s overture, complete with blasting cannons, to usher in more blasts from a fireworks show that lit up the sky over the Liberty Memorial tower.
    Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2025
  • Shortly after Saban pivoted and offered a full scholarship, Texas A&M extended a similar overture.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • That’s partly because A.I. is a fractious and changing field, in which opinions differ; partly because so much of the latest A.I. research is proprietary and unpublished; and partly because there can be no firm answers to fundamentally speculative questions—only probabilities.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
  • The question is whether college added much value—or simply served as a costly sorting mechanism.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Here are suggestions for staying safe during a thunderstorm: To minimize risk of being struck by lightning, when going outside, have a plan to get to a safer place.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2025
  • Here are suggestions for staying safe during a thunderstorm: To reduce the chance of being struck by lightning, when venturing outside, have a plan to get to a safer area.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Before filming began, Han gave the two actors a relationship questionnaire to fill out together, in character.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 May 2025
  • Another closed-door session to discuss jury questionnaires took place into Thursday afternoon.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2025

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“Feeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeler. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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