as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
the SWAT team carried out a stealth raid on the house, which was believed to be harboring a terrorist cell
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Recent Examples of stealth
Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 22 July 2025
In fact, this set-up might have helped them with their speed, stealth, and agility, allowing the first arachnids to exercise the impressive control over their own movement that’s still seen in spiders and scorpions today.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2025
Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Manufactured by Lockheed Martin, the fifth-generation aircraft is lauded for its advanced stealth and combat capabilities.
—Anna Commander
robert Birsel
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
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Adjective
Most of his investments are early stage—often before Series A—when companies are still in stealth or just emerging from research labs.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 22 July 2025
In fact, this set-up might have helped them with their speed, stealth, and agility, allowing the first arachnids to exercise the impressive control over their own movement that’s still seen in spiders and scorpions today.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2025
Noun
Predator: Concrete Jungle ended up being a stealth Alien prequel in many ways.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Manufactured by Lockheed Martin, the fifth-generation aircraft is lauded for its advanced stealth and combat capabilities.
—Anna Commander
robert Birsel
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealth
Adjective
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Party leaders could reveal what their rivals were cooking up and reporters could penetrate clandestine deal-making through sources.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Nic Carter, a crypto venture capitalist, then coined the term Operation Choke Point 2.0, referring to an Obama administration clandestine operation to debank undesirable industries including firearms dealers and payday lenders in the early 2010s.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Families belong together, not torn apart in secrecy.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Not every experiment is shrouded in secrecy, however.—
Andrew Paul Jul 30,
Popular Science,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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In it, deaf canteen employee Alison Brooks (Rose Ayling-Ellis) lands an under-the-table gig as a covert lip reader for the police and finagles her way into the apex of an upcoming heist operation.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Reports have long suggested that Iran has increasingly engaged in covert malign behavior to target foreign citizens.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Fox News reported that staff at both Vanderbilt and the University of Tennessee were caught on undercover recordings describing deliberate strategies to rebrand to sidestep the bans against DEI.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Aug. 2025
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He’s been a presidential candidate, congressman, and undercover CIA officer.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Members of the Edinburg Fire Department rescue a man trapped in an underground septic tank on a rural property in Texas.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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The average build-out cost per mile of fiber for internet service per mile can run as high as $80,000 for underground cable & $40,000 for aerial cable.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Much of the Dodgers’ messaging this spring with Sasaki focused on allowing the private young star to take his time adapting and learning his surroundings before implementing any changes.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Aug. 2025
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The foundations raise private money from students’ families and other donors to fill in gaps in programming, supplies and other needs at schools that aren’t covered by state funding.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Stealth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealth. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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