imperceptible
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The wires are nearly imperceptible, and extra heating elements around the edges ensure most of the mattress surface is heated—something many heated blankets don’t always achieve.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
"Traditionally, the intense heat of firing destroys any biological residue. However, our technique has been able to reveal fingerprint ridges that would otherwise remain imperceptible."
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Five years later, Mini sat on Khorram’s lap, her disability nearly imperceptible — and in any case eclipsed by her purple-dyed tail.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
The weirdly urgent task lies in asking ourselves whether we have become unwitting accomplices in the imperceptible attempts to make some people unseeable, and why we might be willing to accept that.
From Slate • May 21, 2025
She shook her head, an imperceptible, forgiving shrug.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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