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intimacies

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If you were familiar with the old museum, the enormous new one—which at times feels inhospitable to the intimacies art requires—may be more than disorienting.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

The lines that had once been carved in laws and norms are obsolete in the eyes of an algorithm designed to lure you into the performative intimacies of strangers’ lives.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2025

“Women’s friendships are created and maintained principally through conversation, where the focus is often on intimacies and the discussion of social and emotional issues,” researchers mused.

From Salon Jan. 16, 2024

“Peep Show” is shot mostly POV-style, and it revels in all the awkward and crude intimacies of one’s thoughts.

From New York Times May 29, 2023

There was no sneaking past its rough guard, even to get to one’s own yard of intimacies.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen