imperceptible
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Over the past quarter-century, the real weekly earnings of median workers rose from $336 to $378 in 1982-84 dollars, an almost imperceptible annual increase of 0.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
A rise-and-fall tempo is necessary — even if, in the case of “Gail Daughtry,” the undulation is almost imperceptible.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
The contact was imperceptible to the naked eye, but a space-age sensor in the ball had confirmed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Beside him, his mother gave a small, almost imperceptible shrug.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Swanson had expected to use small, almost imperceptible changes of the earth to predict the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Vocabulary lists containing imperceptible
The Crucible
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