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Recent Examples of stealthily
Her foundation, Yield Giving, has been stealthily donating billions since 2020 with no strings attached.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
As part of the Virginia-class fleet, USS New Jersey forms a central element of the US attack-submarine force, designed to operate stealthily in both littoral zones and open-ocean environments, providing the Navy with a versatile and survivable platform for modern undersea warfare.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
While your portfolio grows over time, inflation is stealthily growing alongside it, eating away at the value of your savings.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Such cerebral, stealthily political dramas have made Petzold an auteur’s auteur, beloved by the likes of Claire Denis and Brady Corbet.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
But the major platform of the Oscars also brings another level of exposition, which is not always beneficial for a documentary director trying to move stealthily and precisely.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Faced with rising electricity prices, Americans are stealthily adding DIY solar systems.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Why did the actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker stealthily start exploring the technology that is giving Hollywood such existential angst?
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
Do these pictures stealthily undermine that brand of autocracy because Foto Estudio Luisita was a feminist enterprise where women made images of women?
—Bryan Barcena, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
As part of the Virginia-class fleet, USS New Jersey forms a central element of the US attack-submarine force, designed to operate stealthily in both littoral zones and open-ocean environments, providing the Navy with a versatile and survivable platform for modern undersea warfare.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
While your portfolio grows over time, inflation is stealthily growing alongside it, eating away at the value of your savings.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Such cerebral, stealthily political dramas have made Petzold an auteur’s auteur, beloved by the likes of Claire Denis and Brady Corbet.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
But the major platform of the Oscars also brings another level of exposition, which is not always beneficial for a documentary director trying to move stealthily and precisely.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Faced with rising electricity prices, Americans are stealthily adding DIY solar systems.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Why did the actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker stealthily start exploring the technology that is giving Hollywood such existential angst?
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
Do these pictures stealthily undermine that brand of autocracy because Foto Estudio Luisita was a feminist enterprise where women made images of women?
—Bryan Barcena, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealthily
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Katas wan't recording in the front seat, so Christine, seated beside the wives in the back, surreptitiously pulled out her phone to record Bateman.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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Trump may have also relieved pressure on Democrats to surreptitiously help one of the Republicans to leap ahead, so as to avoid a 1-2 GOP outcome.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Pumpkin Seeds Seeds are sneakily a great source of protein, and one of the best ones experts love is pumpkin seeds.—
Philipp Wehsack,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2026
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Zevin writes gentle books, seemingly cozy but sneakily profound.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
Adverb
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To critics, this kind of tangled spending dynamic reflects an increasingly secretive web of money built to covertly distribute money from billionaire donors.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The company claimed to be hunting for evidence that Musk was covertly funding its critics.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The audio recordings, shared by outlets including VSquare, Frontstory, Delfi Estonia, the Insider, and the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, seem to have been clandestinely gathered.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
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Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Leaking pipes located underground can also attract tree roots.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2026
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For more than 40 years, major film studios have stored movie reels, props and costumes 650 feet underground in a Hutchinson, Kansas, salt mine.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Stealthily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealthily. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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