imperceptibly

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Recent Examples of imperceptibly The continuous rails bend so imperceptibly that passengers feel nothing more than a smooth, butter-like glide across the water. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026 The eggs are drizzled, almost imperceptibly, with honey that gives the dish fabulous depth. Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 Inflammation triggered by obesity gums up these actions, causing both blood sugar and cholesterol levels to rise silently, gradually, and imperceptibly, causing harm. Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 The nanobubbler system — essentially imperceptibly small bubbles meant to oxygenate the water and choke off algae growth — had never been tested at this scale on a public monument before deployment. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 July 2026 Progress continued, if slowly and imperceptibly, from that point forward. Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026 Something internal shifted, almost imperceptibly but irreversibly. Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 9 May 2026 They'd be heralded not by rippling explosions or flash frozen corpses floating against a tapestry of stars, but instead by oxygen, almost imperceptibly slipping away or radiation slowly accumulating in our cells over years. Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026 Setting’s live releases and studio debut, 2021’s Shone A Rainbow Light On, drifted through ambient cloud-shapes before almost imperceptibly taking flight. Jesse Jarnow, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperceptibly
Adverb
  • In the decade between 2026 and 2016, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the hours men spend on household activities have fractionally increased, while the hours carried out by women have slightly decreased.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • SoFi Technologies — The digital financial services company's stock was fractionally higher after Piper Sandler initiated research coverage with an overweight rating.
    Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • By increasing the carrier density in the neighbouring graphene bilayer, the team progressively weakened the Coulomb interactions between electrons in the magic-angle graphene.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • These are proper, fully fledged components, designed to last, keep doing things, and progressively fire the mind with possibilities.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Our narrow wooden canoe moves slowly across the river, propelled by a small outboard motor.
    Sebastián López Brach, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But larger animals, such as whales, mature slowly and reproduce later.
    Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • But the careers of those champions and potential role models are becoming increasingly distant memories.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, credit card debt that once felt manageable can become increasingly difficult to handle from one month to the next.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Imperceptibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperceptibly. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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