under the radar
idiom
: not getting attention : unnoticed
He tried to stay under the radar as he went about his business.
Examples of under the radar in a Sentence
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Deconstruction – Deconstruction After the breakup of Jane’s Addiction, the L.A. quartet initially divided into two factions: Perry Farrell and Stephen Perkins enjoyed commercial success with Porno for Pyros, while Dave Navarro and Eric Avery flew under the radar with their new band Deconstruction.
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2024
By contrast, decisions about which websites or categories to block happen under the radar.
—Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Leading an experiment that was intentionally kept under the radar to minimize public backlash, the team started up a high-powered spraying machine and shot microscopic salt aerosol particles hundreds of feet into the morning air.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
At Tompkins Cortland Community College near Ithaca, New York, program leaders have forged connections with student groups on campus whose struggles with substance use might fly under the radar, such as student athletes.
—Leah Fabel, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2024
However, as our research shows, their words might unintentionally ramp up the effects of a psychological phenomenon that operates under the radar.
—TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio has revealed details of his new film, The Wave, a Spanish-language production the director of The Wonder and A Fantastic Woman has shot under the radar in Chile over the past nine weeks.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Xuande, who has flown under the radar in shows like Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop and Last King of the Cross on Paramount+, gives just the chameleonic performance that the character calls for, charismatic but opaque and always a bit remote.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Milwaukee flies so under the radar with food and beverage.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2024
By contrast, decisions about which websites or categories to block happen under the radar.
—Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Leading an experiment that was intentionally kept under the radar to minimize public backlash, the team started up a high-powered spraying machine and shot microscopic salt aerosol particles hundreds of feet into the morning air.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
At Tompkins Cortland Community College near Ithaca, New York, program leaders have forged connections with student groups on campus whose struggles with substance use might fly under the radar, such as student athletes.
—Leah Fabel, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2024
However, as our research shows, their words might unintentionally ramp up the effects of a psychological phenomenon that operates under the radar.
—TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio has revealed details of his new film, The Wave, a Spanish-language production the director of The Wonder and A Fantastic Woman has shot under the radar in Chile over the past nine weeks.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Xuande, who has flown under the radar in shows like Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop and Last King of the Cross on Paramount+, gives just the chameleonic performance that the character calls for, charismatic but opaque and always a bit remote.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Milwaukee flies so under the radar with food and beverage.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
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