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
Philip Elliott, Time, 8 May 2025
The difference with Lander’s show, which chronicles the ever-sprawling antics of the McCallister family — most sketches are actually stealth explorations of relationship dynamics — is that Lander is the show.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
One such moment was a nighttime raid during a siege, where inconsistent stealth and a poor auto-save system collided, creating one of the most frustrating ten-minute sections in any video game.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The stealth contender broke through the byzantine Vatican politics and may yet break Washington’s understanding of how the Catholic machinery operates around the globe.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 8 May 2025
The difference with Lander’s show, which chronicles the ever-sprawling antics of the McCallister family — most sketches are actually stealth explorations of relationship dynamics — is that Lander is the show.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Noun
Butler, in particular, has added a level of stealth to the Warriors’ defensive operation.
—Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
One such moment was a nighttime raid during a siege, where inconsistent stealth and a poor auto-save system collided, creating one of the most frustrating ten-minute sections in any video game.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealth
Adjective
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The Gestapo, Hitler’s secret police, combed the Poles’ ranks in search of men with experience in clandestine resistance organizations.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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Gaddafi agreed to suspend his country's nuclear weapons program in December 2003, following years of clandestine negotiations that began during the Clinton administration and continued under George W. Bush.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
Noun
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When taken to court for this, following an investigation into their church, the Jehovah's Witnesses likened their approach to secrecy to Catholic confession.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The business of sports often is cloaked in secrecy.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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That includes Tom Cruise, as covert CIA division agent Ethan Hunt, riding a motorcycle off a 4,000-foot cliff and BASE jumping the final 500 feet of a ravine, or the breathless climactic train mayhem in 2023’s Dead Reckoning, the opening installment of this two-parter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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In an opinion piece published by the Venezuelan independent newspaper La Razón, former lawmaker Omar González Moreno recounted the covert mission that freed him and four others without a single shot being fired.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Samuel French, a Texas actor on the rise who portrayed the undercover FBI agent CJ Robinson in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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Pisano has been with the show since his 2021 debut as undercover officer Detective Joe Velasco.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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This would suggest pockets of water in deep underground aquifers.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
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Earlier this year, researchers announced the discovery of a brick underground aqueduct in Slovakia.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Domin encouraged residents to contact school district officials with ideas to work on private partnerships.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2025
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But her time in public service became entangled with a private business.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
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“Stealth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealth. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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