insidiously
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Oncogenes are also insidiously adept at generating tumors that over time become genetically "independent" from their origin, so it has been exceedingly difficult for scientists to shut down their replication at the source.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
Two hypnotically absorbing, cryptically titled, insidiously damning panoramas of life in, respectively, the sun-drenched island of Tahiti and a snow-bound Transylvanian village, neither of which you’ll be in a hurry to visit afterward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Perhaps more insidiously, AI can also display biases that get introduced through the massive data troves that these programs are trained on—and that are indetectable to many users.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
The Osage murders are just another part of American history that insidiously depicts the hardships and trauma inflicted on the Native peoples in this country.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2023
One second later...slowly, insidiously, oh most gently, the great peach started to lean forward and steal into motion.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
