1
as in invisible
not perceptible by a sense or by the mind
indistinguishable differences that can be measured only electronically
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2
as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
indistinguishable shapes in the fog
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3
as in identical
resembling another in every respect
a synthetic fabric that supposedly is indistinguishable from real silk
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Recent Examples of indistinguishable
Musically, the song is indistinguishable from most modern country — a plangent guitar melody leading the way, followed by the sinister percussive drop of a trap beat.
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Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The film makes clear that, to the co-directors, war is a hell made of never-ending protocols, of compartmentalized emotions, of intense bonds built among people taught to move as one indistinguishable unit.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
The most sophisticated tools can now produce manipulated content that is indistinguishable to the average human observer.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
The aim, in both cases, is the same: to make thought and emotion indistinguishable.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
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Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The film makes clear that, to the co-directors, war is a hell made of never-ending protocols, of compartmentalized emotions, of intense bonds built among people taught to move as one indistinguishable unit.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
The most sophisticated tools can now produce manipulated content that is indistinguishable to the average human observer.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
The aim, in both cases, is the same: to make thought and emotion indistinguishable.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indistinguishable
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This financial inequity significantly impacts minorities, with approximately 26% of Hispanic consumers and 27% of Black consumers being credit invisible or unscorable, compared to 16% of White and Asian consumers, according to data from Oliver Wyman.—
Afshan Musani,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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My work traces the invisible borders between myth and memory, body and land, the seen and the felt.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 June 2025
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Over time, however, the label lost credibility—undermined by vague accounting, low-quality offsets, and limited transparency.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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As a result, the surface of the land and sea is an open book that anyone with an internet connection can read to the point where the embarrassing launch failure of a North Korean frigate is instantly world news instead of a vague rumor.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2025
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Over all, Lee said, the album is an almost identical remake of the original—a technically difficult task to pull off.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Jane's testimony, which is likely to continue deep into next week, is identical in many ways to the four-day testimony in the trial's first week by Cassie.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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The notes are basically imperceptible, and the one note the speakers can hit seems to leap out of nowhere in the mix.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 June 2025
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Five years later, the outlines of these words are almost imperceptible.—
Alfredo Sosa,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 May 2025
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Then came a ‘faint voice’ May 30, 2025 12:00 PM Read Next National Man vanished in remote national park 2 weeks ago, CO officials say.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
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The image also shows faint, ghostly rings around Uranus.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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In fact, no other project of the past half century comes to mind that is comparable to Orozco’s work of the past three decades, with its the complex and contradictory morphologies, operations, materials, and sites.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Setup time should be comparable to that of a standalone instant-pitch screen room, which will also require staking out in windy conditions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 May 2025
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The family secrets were subtle but pervasive, reverberating not just through this nuclear family, but also across generations.—
Susan Walter
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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Your new album, Faith, is a lot subtler than your debut, Signs.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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This week, hazy skies are reminiscent of the intense Canadian wildfires of 2023, which made Chicago the second-most-polluted major city in the country that year.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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And some apps actively blur the already hazy line between betting and other financial activities.—
Hana Kiros,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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“Indistinguishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indistinguishable. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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