subtle

When atmospheric gravity waves pass through this glowing region, they create subtle variations in brightness that can reveal their distinctive ripple patterns.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, still among the most prestigious prizes any movie can claim, “Fjord” aims for both a quiet, subtle power and the directness of a sledgehammer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The subtle differences by which Kyle plays older Hal versus Halogram Hal is really on sharp display in the finale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

But, as originally written, “Life is a narrow bridge and the important thing, do not make oneself afraid,” reflects an important but subtle difference to “do not be afraid.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The jokomoto had not yet moved, and there was a subtle red-gold glow just beneath his scales.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

As particle accelerators became more powerful and detectors grew increasingly sensitive, researchers gained access to subtler physical processes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

There’s a second, subtler reason, found in “Regime Change,” a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Critics, including the leadership of SAG-AFTRA, counter that the displacement is already at hand in subtler ways, with background roles and commercials increasingly filled by digital doubles rather than human performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Bad Bunny’s signifiers were subtler, although some may not have contained the meaning people read into them.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2026

There was a new fragrance, too, rosemary and nectar, and there were other differences, subtler: a slight shift in her shade of blue, an adjustment to the tilt of her eyes.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The film won’t win any prizes for the subtlest metaphor of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

In his subtlest, most challenging and finest performance since his Oscar-nominated double role in “Adaptation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

Through the warm friendship of Tara and Karan, the series also imparts one of its subtlest takes on relationships.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2023

The group’s project, which is sponsored by the Colombian government, focuses on the subtlest, non-motor symptoms of the disease.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2023

Many patrons only glance at them before moving on, but the longer you watch, the more you can detect the subtlest of motions.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern