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as in distinction
as in subtlety
They studied every nuance conveyed in the painting.
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as in sensitivity
as in insight
She had the nuance to express delicate feelings without being melodramatic.
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Recent Examples of nuance
As the brand matured, the next question became how to communicate that personality at scale without losing nuance.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Spring training is the time to figure out the nuances of baseball’s evolving rules.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Those books introduced me to a vision of American teenage life and taught me the rhythms and idioms of American English, nuances that would later replace my Britishisms and shape my career as a journalist.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
With six years of distance in 2026, however, the documentary mounts a more balanced defense against the TikTok judge and jury, highlighting valid nuances in the process.
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Spring training is the time to figure out the nuances of baseball’s evolving rules.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Those books introduced me to a vision of American teenage life and taught me the rhythms and idioms of American English, nuances that would later replace my Britishisms and shape my career as a journalist.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
With six years of distance in 2026, however, the documentary mounts a more balanced defense against the TikTok judge and jury, highlighting valid nuances in the process.
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuance
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But only one of them will be able to lay full claim to that distinction once the results on the March 3 primary are in.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Feb. 2026
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Paula Wallace, the founder and president of the Savannah College of Art and Design, can add a new distinction to her résumé.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Fiber slows the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream, while LAB can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce glucose absorption.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
20 Feb. 2026
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Its sensitivity about both groups is a reminder that uniting them remains the Iranian opposition’s best move, if only activists would take it.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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Thank God for Catherine’s faithful servant Nelly (Hong Chau), who, even with a small role in the film’s plot, is the only actor here with a meaningful grasp of emotional subtlety.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
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Five different characters sing their hearts out, and each performer meets the vocal and emotional demands of their star turn with both power and subtlety.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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Taken together, these insights helped scientists arrive at the current prevailing theory that a Mars-size object smashed into Earth, ejecting a blob of molten material from our planet that became the moon.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Published in Geophysical Research Letters, the study offers new insights into Uranus’s upper atmosphere, confirm its long-term cooling trend and provide key constraints for ice giant ionospheric and magnetospheric modeling.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Nuance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuance. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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