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Noun
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There’s nothing fancy about a big, square screen that sits upstage of the circular playing area, but the subtlety in which the images and mood flows through the screen greatly enhance the storytelling.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026 -
These are thematically on-the-nose gestures, but Kawamura, unlike the game’s creators, doesn’t place a premium on subtlety—or, for that matter, interactivity.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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The two women appeared to end their conversation on a positive note and continued to exchange niceties in their DMs.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Stop their vote now, sort out the legal niceties later.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Subtilty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtilty. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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