discreet
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There’s a difference between being discreet about the image you project to others and what you tell friends and acquaintances about yourself.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
For generations, the cream-coloured clubhouse located on Safdarjung Road has functioned as a discreet world of retired generals, senior bureaucrats and old business families conducting negotiations over whisky sodas and kebabs.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father's hardline leadership.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Finally, I allowed myself a discreet peek over my shoulder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Then Belet had taken me straight to a discreet boutique hotel called Nineveh, whose manager had been great friends with Ishtar.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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