unapparent

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Recent Examples of unapparent Thus, copying others, even when the reasons are unapparent, can benefit survival. Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unapparent
Adjective
  • Their local store is still called a 'hidden gem' Long-vacant CT nursing home site planned for 160 apartments.
    Aaron Flaum, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
  • Water Bottle Cleaning & Maintenance Bacteria build-up is a real issue, especially with straws, valves, and lids with hidden parts, so Razgaitis suggests avoiding overly complicated and hard-to-clean bottles.
    Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • All of these legal tests, however, are quite vague.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2025
  • Brooks said Act 372 was vague and imposed problems on librarians and bookstore owners trying to avoid prosecution.
    Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Their final products include paintings, sketches, audio recordings, sculptures and videos of some of the Louvre’s most iconic artworks, as well as some of its more obscure.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • Once a relatively obscure topic, college accreditation has become a frequent target of conservative criticism.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • In this edition, the grey tone reflects the muted, misty landscape of the British coast, with subtle variations achieved through multiple layers of transparent lacquer.
    Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The result was a robust workforce forecasting model, one that’s sophisticated enough to consider the subtle complexities of human behavior and help identify potential attrition risks.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • By contrast, during recessions, employee relations scores are insignificant, and high-CSR firms are able to raise more debt at lower spreads, better credit ratings, and longer maturities.
    Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • To read and advocate for books during this crisis is a small but not insignificant act of resistance.
    Donna Seaman June 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • How better to represent Hwang’s themes of end-stage, winners-and-losers capitalism, with its warping, destructive power, and how the ill-intentioned can exploit democracy’s flaws, than to depict an ordinary person buffeted by the unseen hand of pain for profit?
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • The most frustrating character on The Bear continues to be Claire (Molly Gordon), whose on-screen role in Season 3 was limited, but whose importance even as an unseen force has grown and grown.
    Linda Holmes, NPR, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • But Philadelphia needs a big upgrade, not a trivial one.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Ideally, the load balancer should be a lightweight WAF itself to block trivial attacks early.
    Alexander Krizhanovsky, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • For every regime change at the hands of Americans that went well—think Adolf Hitler’s exit from Germany and Benito Mussolini from Italy—there are multitudes that went off the rails: six overt attempts during the Cold War and another 64 in covert operations.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 19 June 2025
  • The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy The laughs are as big as the mullets in this rollicking story about a hugely successful hair-metal band that’s really a cover for a covert operation in Cold War-era Eastern Europe.
    Andrea Lavinthal, People.com, 18 June 2025

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“Unapparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unapparent. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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