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subtle

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It lent a subtle, savory funk — the kind that hums beneath the cheese rather than shouting over it.

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There were subtle changes in the market, however, and they turned up in Burry’s e-mail in-box.

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But there were always subtle clues and it was important to read them.

He said the older sibling had picked "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways.

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Antisemitism masquerading as anti-Zionism became perhaps subtler, but its stench remained, its ultimate objectives unchanged.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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