1
as in feelings
a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation
a sentiment of happiness and goodwill
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2
as in opinions
an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge
antiwar sentiments
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Recent Examples of sentiments
Fed continues rate hike process; improving market sentiments helps S&P500 recoup some of its losses.
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Conclusion While the Fed’s efforts to tame runaway inflation rates has helped market sentiments in the past, its recent hawkish outlook for 2025 is now worrying investors.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Those who have a longer history with Lively shared similar sentiments.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
Iran may also explore the possibility of engaging with HTS, leveraging the anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian sentiments within the rebels’ ranks.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
Thoughtful collaboration between policymakers and content creators could help shift these unspoken sentiments.
—Jeremy Barber, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
In explaining why those posts might be happening, though, most think it is driven by people who are angry about the health insurance system, not that those expressing such sentiments are condoning violence.
—Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
That narrative decision is cause for ambivalent sentiments given the stakes.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
But not everyone shared the president-elect’s sentiments.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Conclusion While the Fed’s efforts to tame runaway inflation rates has helped market sentiments in the past, its recent hawkish outlook for 2025 is now worrying investors.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Those who have a longer history with Lively shared similar sentiments.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
Iran may also explore the possibility of engaging with HTS, leveraging the anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian sentiments within the rebels’ ranks.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
Thoughtful collaboration between policymakers and content creators could help shift these unspoken sentiments.
—Jeremy Barber, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
In explaining why those posts might be happening, though, most think it is driven by people who are angry about the health insurance system, not that those expressing such sentiments are condoning violence.
—Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
That narrative decision is cause for ambivalent sentiments given the stakes.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
But not everyone shared the president-elect’s sentiments.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentiments
Noun
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Best wishes, from all of us on The Arizona Republic opinions team.Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Executive management can always benefit from hearing opinions and suggestions from outside specialists.Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This dynamic is good for business, but a bad mix if emotions boil over outside of the Octagon.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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And listeners reacted, grateful for the spigot, emotions flowing openly.Liza Lentini, SPIN, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Spanning continents and cultures, these structures were often created for spiritual devotion, community living, or protection; look no further than the designs of these very cliff faces to see the bedrock beliefs of the civilizations that shaped them.Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
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For centuries, The Courier Journal reported more than 100 years ago, their remains were kept in Roman catacombs alongside other martyrs who had been killed over their religious beliefs before being taken to a convent in Agnani, Italy, sometime around 1700.Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Sentiments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentiments. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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