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subtly

[suht-l-lee, suht-lee] / ˈsʌt l li, ˈsʌt li /




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Notice more subtly that they don’t use the weight of their star power and offer to buy out “60 Minutes” or CBS News.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The marvelous, real-life expanse of the Backrooms set allows Parsons to track his characters through the ceaseless spaces, their architecture subtly growing stranger the further they get.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

In real experiments, however, the value shifts slightly because other particles briefly appear and disappear in empty space, subtly affecting the muon's behavior.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

The Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini saga has been forever subtly immortalized in a Chargers schedule release video.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

I would be basically the same, I thought, stirring my coffee, yet so subtly changed as to intrigue those who had never been North.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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