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
"Traditionally, the intense heat of firing destroys any biological residue. However, our technique has been able to reveal fingerprint ridges that would otherwise remain imperceptible."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
And eventually the dark peeled back layer by layer, and with imperceptible gradations the sky feathered to a delicate pale blue.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing imperceptible
The Crucible
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The Old Man and the Sea
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A Wrinkle in Time
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