nonobvious

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Recent Examples of nonobvious In fact, adopting AI, especially with something as central to success as pricing, makes figuring out how to fit the old with the new both critically important and nonobvious. Mike Ryan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 This comes to resemble a branding exercise—perhaps a necessary one to sell a book these days—but the advice is good, and some of it nonobvious. Matthew Hutson, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2021 And to also keep nonobvious stuff on hand — like teddy bears for the kids, a rubber bone for the dog and $50 in cash, all in $1 bills. Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonobvious
Adjective
  • The first three episodes currently streaming on Paramount+ reveal that the Tiva dynamic remains as ambiguous as ever.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The term has become both expansive and ambiguous.
    Lauren Buitta, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In an effort to help the group retrieve it, Guy encounters William Fitchner’s Jasper, a mysterious American who has quietly assumed control and influence over the Talamasca’s London Motherhouse.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Released in 2004, the film follows Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Future research could also explore why omega-3s appear to be more protective for women—something that’s currently unclear.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Frei's relationship status is unclear, but her filmography has been filled in recent years with appearances in shows such as Shrill, The Cleaning Lady, Poker Face and Animal Control.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The brand’s giant green owl mascot dances badly, makes obscure pop culture references and pokes fun at the company’s push notifications.
    Leeron Walter, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, compared to 2005’s Broken Flowers, this is a wilfully obscure step back to his deadpan, experimental roots, a gentle, almost deliberately un-film that is best not viewed in too much proximity to the witching hour.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Shrill treble joins the errant bass, making everything sound muddy and indistinct.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
  • My outfit is indistinct, but my slight smile is obvious, even as my hand obscures half of my face.
    Amanda Uhle August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Then there’s an incomprehensible scene in which Stuhlbarg’s Frederik storms in and out of the kitchen angrily, having turned his music up to an unlistenable volume, while Alma and Maggie—a guest in their home that evening—try to have a serious conversation.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • These fish, known for their cryptic behavior, were identified as a neonative species, expanding their range naturally.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ars reached out to Google for an explanation, receiving a cryptic and somewhat unsatisfying reply.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Acclaimed country musician Orville Peck will make his film debut in Street Fighter as the enigmatic Vega, a masked fighter with a freaky set of Freddy Krueger claws.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • One of Al Pacino’s finest performances of the 1970s — which, with the Godfather films and Serpico, is an absurd hot hand — is as the enigmatic, wild-eyed Sonny, a man who performs a desperate bank robbery with his partner (the late John Cazale, by turns heartbreakingly clueless and dopily funny).
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Nonobvious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonobvious. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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