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stealthy

[stel-thee] / ˈstɛl θi /


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The team is now investigating other possibilities, including the development of "stealthy" hepatocytes that could escape immune detection.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Alas, like the Titanic, it is apparently not as tricked out or as stealthy as advertised.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

It could engender pride and joy at your stealthy maneuvers, indifference, resentment or using the friendship as collateral for a loan.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

Out of fear of repercussions, many women - and even men - are opting for what they call "stealthy feminism".

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

The woman turned arachnid, all silent, stealthy arms.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Iran has a clear geopolitical motive and a history of targeting the water sector, and the fact that the attacks were readily detected makes a stealthier adversary like China less likely, Kaiser said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

A stealthier and less obvious plan would be financial repression, in which interest rates are held down below the rate of nominal growth of the economy, which consists of real growth plus inflation.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Microsoft called the intrusions Volt Typhoon, after a Chinese network of hackers who often avoided using detectable malware and instead used stealthier techniques to enter wastewater systems and communication networks.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

More significant, or at least stealthier and less visible, are the years of spending to come.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2022

I learned that socks are stealthier transportation than shoes.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

“The marriage of sensibilities in front of and behind the camera is the stealthiest meeting in ‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros,’ and the most unexpectedly satisfying.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

Christine McVie, her band’s sturdiest yet somewhat stealthiest member, soars into the refrain on a rising melody that feels like a heart being released from gravity.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

The concept with the Columbias is to not only architect something that will be upgraded to accommodate new nuclear missiles as they emerge, but also to construct the stealthiest submarine ever to exist.

From Fox News ● Nov. 11, 2020

With bone structure that resembles a blend of Ms. Didion’s and Vivien Leigh’s in her later years, Ms. Anderman gives a lovely performance that goes straight for the emotional jugular in the iciest, stealthiest way.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2012

Just one of Gebu’s heavy footfalls—even at his stealthiest they were audible—and the whole household would be shouting the alarm.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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