insidiously
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Oncogenes are also insidiously adept at generating tumors that over time become genetically "independent" from their origin, so it has been exceedingly difficult for scientists to shut down their replication at the source.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
Perhaps more insidiously, AI can also display biases that get introduced through the massive data troves that these programs are trained on—and that are indetectable to many users.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
The Osage murders are just another part of American history that insidiously depicts the hardships and trauma inflicted on the Native peoples in this country.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2023
“I absolutely believe that the language that we use can sort of insidiously embed dogma in our minds. Especially if it’s language that we’ve always just grown up using organically and taken for granted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
The toxin does the deed insidiously, indirectly, by inhibiting an enzyme essential to glycoprotein metabolism.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
