subtle

I’m more disturbed by the prevalence of subtle synthetic images: AI cooking videos, AI ads with robotic voice-overs, AI celebrity-wedding photos, AI political deepfakes…and the list goes on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

But equally, a delayed response or a friend failing to follow through on plans can trigger subtle stress responses in the nervous system.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Hyperspectral imaging records subtle differences in color and reflected light at each point in an image.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

“I feel like that conversation is very subtle and there’s times when you need to just be speaking black-and-white terms and say, ‘I’m gay’ as opposed to saying, ‘Sexuality’s very complicated.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

What if this were all a subtle trap?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Critics, including the leadership of SAG-AFTRA, counter that the displacement is already at hand in subtler ways, with background roles and commercials increasingly filled by digital doubles rather than human performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

It’s a subtler way to exert leverage over the world’s most important oil chokepoint, analysts at J.P.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

What draws him most is subtler than that.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Bad Bunny’s signifiers were subtler, although some may not have contained the meaning people read into them.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2026

This is a conservative estimate, since the algorithm was able to identify only the most egregious form of cheating—in which teachers systematically changed students’ answers—and not the many subtler ways a teacher might cheat.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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

"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

Thomas expects the nation to take seriously his views on the subtlest contours of the Constitution.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023

Even the smallest and subtlest and most unexpected of factors can affect the way we act.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell