as in inconspicuously
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Recent Examples of unobtrusively
The stills photographer must hover unobtrusively on the sidelines of moviemaking, taking pictures that will be used to promote a film.
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
In other words, the immunity idol won’t be unobtrusively hidden somewhere.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Wiseman positioned his cameras in the midst of institutions, as unobtrusively as possible, to catalogue the routines of daily life.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
And where other services might interrupt their programming with commercials, the Looney Tunes ads count down unobtrusively and play in between each entry, preserving each punch line accordingly.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
All those sounds also have to blend in unobtrusively.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The interplay between raw audio and physical reconstructions is deftly and unobtrusively handled.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
An Oscar, a Grammy, and an MTV Video Music Award are positioned unobtrusively among kitschy treasures like an ancient can of macadamia nuts with Spam and a cassette of a speech by Bob Dole.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Nudges are bite-sized interventions that are unobtrusively delivered over time.
—Radostina Purvanova, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
In other words, the immunity idol won’t be unobtrusively hidden somewhere.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Wiseman positioned his cameras in the midst of institutions, as unobtrusively as possible, to catalogue the routines of daily life.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
And where other services might interrupt their programming with commercials, the Looney Tunes ads count down unobtrusively and play in between each entry, preserving each punch line accordingly.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
All those sounds also have to blend in unobtrusively.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The interplay between raw audio and physical reconstructions is deftly and unobtrusively handled.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
An Oscar, a Grammy, and an MTV Video Music Award are positioned unobtrusively among kitschy treasures like an ancient can of macadamia nuts with Spam and a cassette of a speech by Bob Dole.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Nudges are bite-sized interventions that are unobtrusively delivered over time.
—Radostina Purvanova, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unobtrusively
inconspicuously
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Drones can be used to fly inconspicuously above cars, there’s smart bumpers that can fire a net to suspects’ tires, as a lot of us have already heard.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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There’s also an interesting story behind the cigar inconspicuously sitting near the check-in counter.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Unobtrusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unobtrusively. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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