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as in shady
given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions
cats are among the stealthiest of stalkers
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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
constantly harassed the enemy with stealthy raids
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Recent Examples of stealthy
Russia would also assist India in developing its own stealthy fifth-generation fighter jet like the American F-22 and F-35, as well as the Chinese J-20 that are in service, the report added.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
From deadly strikes to stealthy surveillance to remote resupply, their applications abound.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Another group of Marine Corps fighter jets, stealthy F-35B Lightning IIs, arrived at Andersen Air Force Base on Monday for their own training.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Speaking over Zoom, Stacey tells Variety that the cars were perfect to pull off a robbery; stealthy and fast, but also quite small.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
From deadly strikes to stealthy surveillance to remote resupply, their applications abound.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Another group of Marine Corps fighter jets, stealthy F-35B Lightning IIs, arrived at Andersen Air Force Base on Monday for their own training.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Speaking over Zoom, Stacey tells Variety that the cars were perfect to pull off a robbery; stealthy and fast, but also quite small.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealthy
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And not in a shady way and not to tear her down as a person.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Months of fighting the rape claims in federal court in NYC and failing to get the matter tossed out saw a lot of bitter finger pointing with claims of bribery, shady probes and lying from all sides, to varying degrees.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2025
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The criminal charges also allege Navarro and Worden ensured that no invoice related to the clandestine construction surpassed $3,000, a threshold that would have required further authorization from Caltrain and TransAmerica Services Inc., the company that employed Worden.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Information in federal systems includes Treasury payments that could be used to figure out the details of intelligence programs or health and personnel records that could reveal the identities of agents or the responsibilities of clandestine officers.—
DAVID KLEPPER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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This week’s schedule is loaded, with a half-dozen national TV looks and a few sneaky bangers on League Pass.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Georgetown is a sneaky No. 11 seed as evidenced by its road regular season win over No. 5 Cohasset.—
Matt Feld,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2025
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Inside its budget rooms, young lovers who might otherwise be left to steal furtive kisses in the nooks and crannies of public parks or shopping malls could exert their passions behind closed doors.—
Anupreeta Das,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Hviid has more of a feel for furtive, vaguely unsavory atmospherics and escalating editorial suspense than for maximizing action within memorable set-pieces.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini star in Conclave in which Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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In covert gatherings across California, raw goat or cow milk is mixed with cane alcohol and sugars to make pajaretes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Nicholson's portrayal of a rebellious mental hospital inmate is a phenomenal combination of sly intelligence and impish braggadocio, best showcased during the scene where, thwarted in his attempt to watch the World Series on TV, McMurphy ad libs a commentary in front of a blank set.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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His cocksure sendup of a particular mystic-himbo archetype contributes a strain of sly comedy to a film otherwise marked by a sincere intensity of feeling.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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Based on an incident that had happened 10 years earlier, the book chronicles the harrowing story of two undercover LAPD patrol officers who are kidnapped during a routine traffic stop that goes horribly wrong.—
Chris Koseluk,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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His underground films and early experimental documentaries took cues from Dada and Surrealism to show New York not as a glamorous city of jewels, but rather a diverse, complex city with many different viewpoints.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The discovery, which the Politecnico di Milano announced in January, came about through a series of surveys that aimed to digitize the 15th century Sforza Castle’s underground structures through nondestructive methods such as ground-penetrating radar and laser scanning.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Stealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealthy. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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