as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
the SWAT team carried out a stealth raid on the house, which was believed to be harboring a terrorist cell
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Recent Examples of stealth
Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
This spring, Hegseth's Pentagon moved to defund the Navy's future stealth fighter jet amid worries that the country's defense industry lacked the capacity to build the plane alongside higher priority projects.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Surrounded by spies, at odds with his colleagues, forced to proceed by stealth in a second language and an unfamiliar culture, Franklin had difficulties enough without having to hear of his son’s Loyalist activities.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
There were no flies on the dead people and animals—even insects had succumbed to the invisible stealth killer.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
This spring, Hegseth's Pentagon moved to defund the Navy's future stealth fighter jet amid worries that the country's defense industry lacked the capacity to build the plane alongside higher priority projects.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
The game sees Fisher engage in a number of black ops missions, employing stealth and military tactics.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Surrounded by spies, at odds with his colleagues, forced to proceed by stealth in a second language and an unfamiliar culture, Franklin had difficulties enough without having to hear of his son’s Loyalist activities.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealth
Adjective
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The 16-month plot to bribe Maduro’s chief pilot illustrates how Washington pairs clandestine operations with military power to destabilize the regime while projecting strategic pressure in the region.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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In exchange, the agent told the pilot in a clandestine meeting, the aviator would be made a very rich man.—
Joshua Goodman,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The outcome could set a precedent for how far courts can go in easing logistical burdens on defendants in sensitive-information cases without compromising government secrecy.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Even in a strange story like this, some of the classic Cheney traits, such as secrecy, were on display.—
Don Gonyea,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Get Ready: Katy Perry Has Released a Sneak Peek of Her New Song And the internet has receipts.—
Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
15 Mar. 2017
Noun
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The beauty of this affair wasn’t in the plotting, but in the performance of yearning given by Edie Falco, who made the series every bit as much hers as Gandolfini’s in these moments.—
John Ortved,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Friday the incident and the recent air incursion linked to Moscow show Kremlin plans for covert and overt attacks against Europe to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The device is intended for intelligent underwater detection, real-time environmental monitoring, and potentially covert reconnaissance missions worldwide.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The rapid advances of AI and the ceaseless scheming of cybercriminals and hackers make cyber startups one of the most dynamic and innovative sectors of the tech industry, Chahal says.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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In DaCosta’s film, Hedda’s scheme to stall Lovborg’s comeback is drawn out with more detailed scheming, including implicating Lovborg in a public humiliation of Professor Greenwood (Finbar Lynch), who is responsible for deciding the recipient of the professorship.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Patrons helped lure her outside so undercover officers could move in, per the outlet.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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She's tasked with a dangerous mission for Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service (PET) that involves going undercover to get close to Ashley (Maria Cordsen), the glamorous gal pal of a drug lord, Miran (Afshin Firouzi).—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the secret underground cave that seems like the perfect place to be alone is already occupied by another fuzzy, lonely creature named Mi.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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His urge to address religious subjects made his work largely unperformable, except in underground contexts such as the Riga discothèque.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Stealth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealth. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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