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Adjective
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In a subtler interpretation of the trend, the Jazz bookshelf is handcrafted in oak that takes on a golden hue when hit with the right light.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025 -
Cohen and other researchers have identified many subtle fixes that improve kids’ eating habits.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Maigret must outwit some of Paris’s most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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These subsidies were cunning, part of a decades-long effort to keep alive the myths that offshore wind energy is nearly self-sufficient and generates increasingly inexpensive electricity.—
Craig Rucker,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The movie tracks Charlene’s growth from a strong-willed teen into a wary, wily, powerful adult.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The semicolon is a wily punctuation mark.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Advertisement Those who do will be rewarded with one of the year’s most intelligent, artful, and, yes, timely shows.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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The hotel's Art of Discovery experience (rates starting at $375) takes guests on an artful journey through its 700-piece global art collection, displayed throughout the building.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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Pinnick was poised, crafty and effective.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Tucker has been crafty on the base paths, recording 25 steals on 28 attempts.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As Halloween approaches, investors seem fearful that good credit performance may be more trick than treat.—
Telis Demos,
WSJ,
21 Oct. 2022
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If the high cost of it all is more trick than treat for you, here are several ways to turn your already smart home into a spook-tacularly genius haunted house.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA TODAY,
28 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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The actress was making a sly reference to her 1984 thriller Firestarter.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Solnicki has created a sly and slippery kind of film that, much like its leading actor’s grin, is hilarious and devastating in equal measure.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Such work would be an important reality check as society grapples with this kind of emerging threat from AI, says Casadevall, but would be tricky to do, as it might be precluded by international treaties prohibiting the development of biological weapons.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Oat milk, notoriously tricky in cheaper frothers, came out smooth and stable with no splitting or watery texture.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Subtile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtile. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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