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nuance

[noo-ahns, nyoo-, noo-ahns, nyoo-, ny-ahns] / ˈnu ɑns, ˈnju-, nuˈɑns, nju-, nüˈɑ̃s /


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Human advisers argue that no matter how seamlessly a platform connects to a chatbot, an AI agent cannot replicate the personal relationships, nuance and emotional intelligence of a human, especially during times of hardship.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

It’s not that she holds no firm beliefs, but that she is a real person who changes in front of our eyes and ears, a nuance that no feature-length film could allow her.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

The tension between the various competing interests is handled with nuance and without taking sides, all while showing both the pitfalls and the wondrous potential of this annual spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

That level of presence is possible now—and wasn’t in the past—because she knows her AI transcription and note-taking tool is capturing every nuance of the interaction, and her insurance-filing tool will digest it into claims.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

That’s because an expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn’t get much attention.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

There are nuances to VIX futures and options, and their corresponding ETFs and ETNs, that many traders do not fully understand.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

One of the impacts of this is that small nuances of driving can have a disproportionately large impact on energy availability.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Flattening these nuances into a single feature film would be impossible.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

The actor is still hesitant to detail the nuances of his friendship with Franco.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

“I taught her that particular trick. I do not think she understood the nuances of it, but it appears she performed fine regardless. Do you feel unsteady at all?”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Overlaying the rescue of the boy and the identification of the abductor is a nuanced and troubling examination of trauma and how it creates its own kind of prison.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

All of them bring nuanced views to the debate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

“You’re often investing a sizable amount of money for a vacation, and the world is a tricky, nuanced place right now,” said Duncan Greenfield-Turk, founder of the Global Travel Moments travel agency.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

A day before the show, the feelings were more nuanced.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

This is an intriguing statistic: the same people who routinely steal more than 10 percent of his bagels almost never stoop to stealing his money box—a tribute to the nuanced social calculus of theft.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Instead, “Concentrate” shines when Taylor focuses on her archive and relates it to her own embodied experiences, nuancing the participants’ identities and humanities.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2022

If you want to stay with this guy, you’re probably going to need to work on broadening and nuancing your framing.

From Slate Dec. 4, 2019

He conceded that he had done “a poor job of nuancing what I was trying to get at.”

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2017

There will remain debates about the details of implementation and the nuancing and emphasis and the language and so on.

From Forbes Aug. 20, 2014

Another instance of the sacrifice of highly useful forms to this impatience of nuancing is the group whence, whither, hence, hither, thence, thither.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward




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