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Women come from other groups, but in worlds where female mobility is a common pattern, from the great apes to human societies, interpreting this signal immediately becomes more subtle.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

The brine helps keep the meat tender and juicy while adding a subtle savory quality that people notice without necessarily identifying.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Cosmetic injectables were once associated with wealthy, middle-aged clients seeking subtle anti-ageing treatments, but the industry has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past decade.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

In Latin America, as Hayes-Bautista explained, after centuries of Indigenous and Spanish intermingling, racial and ethnic lines were fluid, with myriad, subtle gradations of color, lineage and heritage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

With Indigenous people from seemingly all over the place— repping hints of their different tribal affiliations in subtle ways—he had hoped to catch someone on staff who was also Native.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

What draws him most is subtler than that.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

While not in any way rabble-rousing, they wage subtler revolutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

“He won’t overplay. De Niro has a fantastic reputation, but he’s uneven. Duvall is subtler and better.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

More mature consumers are likely to stick with natural, subtler looks, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

Are there smaller, subtler, easier ways to make something stick?

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

By subconsciously mirroring even the subtlest twitches of expression and biological rhythms of other people, we can channel their thoughts and feelings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Since horses are prey animals, they have evolved to respond to the subtlest of aural stimuli.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

"Blinks are one of the subtlest of human movements, so designing mechanisms that can mimic these movements require advanced technology, such as high-precision motors," Ms Kiilavuori explains.

From BBC ● May 4, 2023

“Since you asked, it was the subtlest form of expression known to humans. The first novel was probably Murasaki Shikibu’s ‘Tale of Genji,’ written in the 11th century.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2023

Madison possessed the subtlest and most intellectually sophisticated understanding of the choices facing the new American republic of any member of the revolutionary generation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis