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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperceptibly
Adverb
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His grounder exit speed is fractionally improved, but still well below average.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The pan-European Stoxx 600 index provisionally closed fractionally above the flatline.—
Chloe Taylor,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Plutonium is also the principal fuel in a fast neutron reactor, and in any reactor, it is progressively bred from non-fissile U-238 that comprises over 99 percent of natural uranium.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Cheung said Nicholson’s mental health struggles began in 2012, progressively worsening over the years and culminating into multiple hospital stays, City News Service reported.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The new calf will remain with his mother for bonding time before being slowly introduced to other herd members.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Browns drafted Sanders in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft, and he's slowly climbed up the depth chart to become the backup to rookie Dillon Gabriel.—
Anne Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This connection would become increasingly important over the twentieth century, as the rapid development of technological infrastructure created ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous sensitivities to geomagnetic storms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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That correlation shifted in 2018, demonstrating that macroeconomic conditions and federal budgets have become increasingly disconnected.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Imperceptibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperceptibly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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