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Recent Examples of stealthily
It’s largely escaped detection outside the 617 area code, but NESN has stealthily developed arguably the most homegrown MLB crew on TV, so much so that just about everyone who covers the Sox was brought up within a 150-mile radius of Fenway Park.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
The building is stealthily spacious with 40 bedrooms, and there’s a serious Sisley spa, designed with monkish minimalism, plus four superb restaurants.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
The strategic insights that matter most—how to respond to a competitive threat, whether an acquisition makes sense, how to restructure around AI, and which leadership gaps are stealthily costing the company—are only partly products of rigorous thinking.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Fukada stealthily shades in these subtleties of feeling into the story with exacting skill, creating a drama that touches on social issues but never feels issues-driven.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
That meant the magma could easily, and stealthily, pry its way through the crust, rather than having to smash through solid rock.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
As Adrian Van Young put it in the Southwest Review, the book’s draw is stealthily structural.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Her foundation, Yield Giving, has been stealthily donating billions since 2020 with no strings attached.
—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
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
The building is stealthily spacious with 40 bedrooms, and there’s a serious Sisley spa, designed with monkish minimalism, plus four superb restaurants.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
The strategic insights that matter most—how to respond to a competitive threat, whether an acquisition makes sense, how to restructure around AI, and which leadership gaps are stealthily costing the company—are only partly products of rigorous thinking.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Fukada stealthily shades in these subtleties of feeling into the story with exacting skill, creating a drama that touches on social issues but never feels issues-driven.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
That meant the magma could easily, and stealthily, pry its way through the crust, rather than having to smash through solid rock.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
As Adrian Van Young put it in the Southwest Review, the book’s draw is stealthily structural.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Her foundation, Yield Giving, has been stealthily donating billions since 2020 with no strings attached.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealthily
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Fox said the exchange between him and Wasser when he was called back to the restaurant took about 10-12 seconds, but defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested on Monday that the pair may have surreptitiously searched the backpack at that time and found the gun — or potentially planted it.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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In a way, I am being surreptitiously employed by the owner for two minutes.—
Francesco Pacifico,
The Dial,
9 Dec. 2025
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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
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But there was no kissing or tickling last night—no exposition of the artful ways that one can sneakily overtake an opponent through charm or surprise.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
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In the middle of the game, Sol and Jen sneakily approached the boys and kissed each of them, marking them with red paint.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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In 1960, in a daring operation carried out by Israel's Mossad, agents secretively abducted Eichmann from Argentine soil and flew him to stand trial in Jerusalem, where he was ultimately sentenced to death in 1961 after being found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.—
Solly Boussidan,
FOXNews.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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And so in that way, the reader almost gets to be,, in the corner secretively reading your journal, but also gets put into this place of we are Brian.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
25 June 2025
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These word puzzles all covertly reference the years-old disappearance of Charlie, Martha’s brilliant older sister.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and log keystrokes and mouse movements in real time.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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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
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Some, stationed underground, underwater, or on bomber airfields, stand ready to fulfill orders with apocalyptic consequences.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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The first phase includes grading the site, building roadways around the property, constructing ball fields and relocating existing overhead power lines underground, the latter of which has already been completed in a contract with Idaho Power.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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“Stealthily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealthily. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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