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Recent Examples of discreetly
Dropbox helps to dissolve the time tax of searching, feedback wrangling and status explaining discreetly.
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Caitlin White, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Access to the closet is handled discreetly to help make students comfortable.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The slim Daitet Money Belt fits easily under clothing and is a perfect place to discreetly stash bills and a passport on your body while traveling.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
For clothing hems, keys can be wrapped in fabric or sewn into a small pouch and discreetly attached to the inside of a skirt or dress to prevent it from blowing up in the wind.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 17 Jan. 2026
An immersive design,182 guestrooms, suites and villas are tucked discreetly across 60 acres of mangroves and freshwater canals, balancing seclusion with a strong sense of rooted place.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, two side drawers that can be opened from either side discreetly tuck into the table’s base.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2026
The listings networks allow sellers to first list their homes discreetly in a Compass-only network while buyers working with Compass agents ostensibly get a jump on anything good before the broader public sees it.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2026
The dress is also extremely comfortable, its knit fabric stretching discreetly to accentuate my silhouette.
—Irene Richardson, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Caitlin White, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Access to the closet is handled discreetly to help make students comfortable.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The slim Daitet Money Belt fits easily under clothing and is a perfect place to discreetly stash bills and a passport on your body while traveling.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
For clothing hems, keys can be wrapped in fabric or sewn into a small pouch and discreetly attached to the inside of a skirt or dress to prevent it from blowing up in the wind.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 17 Jan. 2026
An immersive design,182 guestrooms, suites and villas are tucked discreetly across 60 acres of mangroves and freshwater canals, balancing seclusion with a strong sense of rooted place.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, two side drawers that can be opened from either side discreetly tuck into the table’s base.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2026
The listings networks allow sellers to first list their homes discreetly in a Compass-only network while buyers working with Compass agents ostensibly get a jump on anything good before the broader public sees it.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2026
The dress is also extremely comfortable, its knit fabric stretching discreetly to accentuate my silhouette.
—Irene Richardson, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discreetly
Adverb
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Utilities must control costs, operate efficiently, manage projects prudently, and meet performance standards to achieve them.—
Rory M. Christian,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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No need to route the person to a human therapist when the mental health status can be prudently handled by the AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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And fourth, if by some miracle the world can muddle through, there is also the risk that advanced AI will displace most people from their jobs, increasing the chance of political backlash that, Amodei writes, might make the task of sensibly addressing the other risks even more difficult.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Nothing gets done sensibly, however, merely by following rules.—
Philip K. Howard,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Groeningen wisely universalizes a story that could have played as a privileged, unpigmented vision of drug addiction.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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Choose your cleaning tool wisely.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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That often means judiciously using ammo while relying heavily on a knife to fend off the monsters on the island.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Those who are emotionally intelligent and use AI should be able to use it much more judiciously.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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What behaves politely in one climate or situation can become problematic in another, such as a garden abutting an open landscape.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Jan. 2026
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Beckford later asked politely to try on my jacket—a black Double RL officer’s coat from the 90 —and noticed the tags and buttons of a bygone era.—
Zachary Weiss,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Cannon’s decision held that if a prosecutor was not validly appointed, dismissal of the case is the only remedy.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
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If Halligan wasn’t validly appointed, the indictment may be legally void.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Put the aids in your ears – the clear removal cord is fairly invisible – and you are presented with four preset programs, each made for a different level of hearing loss.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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While the run of play was fairly close, netminder Anthony Stolarz whiffed on a few key saves and Toronto’s veterans made a couple too many turnovers that ended up in their net.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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So what’s the conclusion – is Oracle oversold or justifiably penalized?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Sorrow for everyone justifiably worried about the future of America and the planet because of him.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Discreetly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discreetly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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