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subtleties

NOUN
a fine distinction
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NOUN
delicacy
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Because his commentary revolved around the subtleties of their texts, the discussion only began to make sense if you had read them with greater attention than seemed necessary in any other course.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Throughout the museum, scholarship was diminished and subtleties disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

It’s funny because it’s not a broad stroke; they write in such subtleties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

When the virus forced us to disconnect from our fellow humans and plug our brains into technology to keep pandemic anxiety at bay, we lost the ability to intimate the subtleties of reality.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025

“To maintain the stability of the nation, boy. You do not understand the subtleties of business.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson



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