latent
Example Sentences
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The difference is that “Hubie” leans into Sandler’s latent sweetness, counterbalancing the raunchy lowbrow humor with a heartfelt — perhaps even sentimental — touch.
From New York Times
“TB disparities persist; addressing these disparities requires timely TB diagnosis and treatment to interrupt transmission and prevention of TB through treatment of latent TB infection.”
From Seattle Times
Many also include a "latent feature" which rotates in the light to reveal a lightning bolt and the number "25".
From BBC
Because of an unwillingness to crack down on criminals, or because of a more insidious, latent belief in ineffectual Black leadership in times of crisis?
From Seattle Times
This map, explains Kuo, “exists in exactly 1,024 dimensions. In between the clusters of information is a kind of empty or ‘latent’ space.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
