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Recent Examples of inconspicuous Mods ask Reddit for tools as generative AI gets more popular and inconspicuous. Ars Technica, 17 Feb. 2025 On the other hand, container traps tend to be easy to hide and inconspicuous, though some rely on liquid bait that gives off an unpleasant odor. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025 How long can an establishment with a fashionable following really remain inconspicuous? Laura Neilson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Some people stash it in inconspicuous places around the house, a habit that experts say can lead to trouble down the line. Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inconspicuous
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Adjective
  • Almost a decade later, Ionescu faced the Bay Area’s new WNBA team for the first time, and had a relatively discreet eight-point, six-assist, five-rebound night, numbers that severely underrate her impact.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
  • There’s a Shanghai outpost of its discreet Stefano Ricci club for its community of top-spending clients who spend around €50K-€5 million a year; another is earmarked to open soon in Beijing.
    Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • While auras may come from the realm of pseudoscience, all living beings do emit a faint light, invisible to the human eye—one that is extinguished upon death.
    Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Expertise demands lifelong humility, rigor and self-correction, much of it invisible to the public eye.
    Venktesh Ramnath, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • Researchers believe many cases go unnoticed because the condition is harmless.
    Brandi Jones, Health, 23 May 2025
  • The approach works by analyzing energy usage patterns across multiple data points and identifying inefficiencies that might otherwise go unnoticed—especially when left to humans alone.
    David Ly, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

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“Inconspicuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconspicuous. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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