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Recent Examples of imperceptibly
Engaging with books concerned with ambivalence and uncertainty are, almost imperceptibly, a way of remaining ourselves.
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Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Use a milk frother to blend it imperceptibly in your drink and add a dash of your favorite natural sweetener.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
The dynamic between them begins to shift—imperceptibly, naturally, painfully.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
The theory diverged from the dominant, century-long view that evolution adhered to a slow, steady pace of Darwinian gradualism, in which species incrementally and almost imperceptibly developed into new ones.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
Internally, the adoption of multi-racialism as a policy was designed to diminish—even if, initially, imperceptibly—the social and economic influence of white South Africans, and to displace them, at least partly, by the local petite bourgeoisie.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
The playwright makes his Broadway debut with Little Bear Ridge Road, a singularly beautiful piece that shifts almost imperceptibly from acerbic comedy to searing pathos before an ending whose bleakness is broken by a slender but luminous beam of hope.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Use a milk frother to blend it imperceptibly in your drink and add a dash of your favorite natural sweetener.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
The dynamic between them begins to shift—imperceptibly, naturally, painfully.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
The theory diverged from the dominant, century-long view that evolution adhered to a slow, steady pace of Darwinian gradualism, in which species incrementally and almost imperceptibly developed into new ones.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
Internally, the adoption of multi-racialism as a policy was designed to diminish—even if, initially, imperceptibly—the social and economic influence of white South Africans, and to displace them, at least partly, by the local petite bourgeoisie.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
The playwright makes his Broadway debut with Little Bear Ridge Road, a singularly beautiful piece that shifts almost imperceptibly from acerbic comedy to searing pathos before an ending whose bleakness is broken by a slender but luminous beam of hope.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperceptibly
Adverb
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Apple shares rose fractionally in early trading, just enough to briefly push the company’s value above the historic level.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
28 Oct. 2025
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His grounder exit speed is fractionally improved, but still well below average.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Over the course of its deadly 67 minutes, the crew of a deep-space cruiser are progressively murdered.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The company behind the iconic Roomba robotic vacuum has been watching its stock progressively slide since 2021 as its early success was overrun by stiff competition from Chinese rivals Anker, Ecovacs, and Roborock.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The wreckage is slowly being subsumed by the reef in the shallow blue waters of the tropical lagoon, but its story is far from over.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Catts, with no other option, turned the parade onto 17th Street and slowly wound it back to the American Royal building, leaving the spectators in downtown wondering where the parade had gone.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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But younger shoppers are increasingly cutting back on small daily indulgences while redirecting those savings toward statement pieces.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Facing violence at home in Myanmar and increasingly difficult living conditions in sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh, Rohingya from both countries regularly attempt perilous journeys by sea, including to Malaysia and Indonesia.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Imperceptibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperceptibly. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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