palpable ˈpal-pə-bəl adjective
1. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
2. can be felt by palpation
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The word palpable has appeared in 324 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 5 in “Maduro Speaks to Troops, Trying to Discredit Guaidó’s Call for Mutiny” by Ana Vanessa Herrero and Rick Gladstone:
Mr. Guaidó followed the failed uprising with a national rally Wednesday. Tens of thousands participated but the crowds fell short of Mr. Guaidó’s goal of holding “the biggest march in history.”
The rally in Caracas quickly turned into a familiar pattern of violence between the armed forces and groups of antigovernment youths, raising doubts among many Venezuelans about the opposition’s prospects for unseating Mr. Maduro.
By Thursday, there was a palpable sense of frustration with the opposition’s strategy on the streets of Caracas, people in the capital said.
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