subtlety

But there is a subtlety here: measurements in quantum physics inevitably disturb the system being measured.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The result is a superb collection of six true stories that are told with tact, care and subtlety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival production isn’t going to win awards for subtlety, but the storytelling is crisp and vivid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Simplicity is elevated, subtlety is trashed, and complexity decried.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

He wore a plum-colored dashiki Koffi knew at once was expensive despite its subtlety, and he exuded the air of someone senior and refined.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

As with so much of Hofmann’s work, the subtleties of color—different greens, for example, or the red-on-brown segment that could be a fine painting on its own—make it compelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Those left in power, he said, are “generally not the sharpest people, they’re not the people who understand the subtleties of diplomacy, of what negotiating with the U.S. is like.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

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

By hearing a victim's story in this way, the idea is it would make them conscious about subtleties such as body language and how they respond, which can influence a survivor's willingness to talk openly.

From BBC ● May 25, 2025

I stopped conversing with my dogs, and I believe that subtleties of feeling began to disappear until finally I was on a pleasure-pain basis.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck