as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
the SWAT team carried out a stealth raid on the house, which was believed to be harboring a terrorist cell
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Recent Examples of stealth
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
The dress code is stealth-wealth casual.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
Another defendant who pleaded guilty challenges the law through stealth and intermediaries for his company to win lucrative public building contracts.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
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Adjective
This version of the game is less about fisticuffs and more about stealth and detective work.
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Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
The dress code is stealth-wealth casual.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
Noun
Its design emphasized survivability, acoustic stealth, and sustained operations in deep-ocean environments where Soviet submarines were expected to operate.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
Another defendant who pleaded guilty challenges the law through stealth and intermediaries for his company to win lucrative public building contracts.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealth
Adjective
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That was a concern because other research has indicated the Chinese government has, at times, delayed public disclosure of vulnerabilities submitted to the program so they could later be used in clandestine cyberattacks.
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The screening usually focusses on clandestine hanky-panky, but this season the girls’ irreverence was so abundant that the producers treated them to an unprecedented second viewing night.
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Substance abuse is greatly detrimental in its own right, of course, but sometimes the issues that stem from it—stress, emotional exhaustion, secrecy, avoidance—can have similarly devastating long-term effects on a person’s wellbeing.
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The agreement releases all survivors from any prior nondisclosure agreements and forbids any future such secrecy agreements, and prohibits any adult-to-minor digital communications in the archdiocese.
Adjective
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Get Ready: Katy Perry Has Released a Sneak Peek of Her New Song And the internet has receipts.
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Instead the episode begins with Spike (James Marsters) and Drusilla (Juliet Landau) plotting.
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Battle, conspiracy, plotting, and some new faces in the cast.
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To achieve this, Israel employed airstrikes, cyberattacks, interdictions of weapons and covert action to impede Iran’s ability to resupply Hezbollah’s existing arsenal and supply it with more advanced weapons.
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After 1996, when the protease inhibitors were developed, the duty to warn continued to be an important standard when HIV status became more clinically covert.
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The reunion of the pair after their scheming didn't fully go to plan, though, as the arrival of Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), who fans last saw in the season 2 finale, threw everything off.
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Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.
Adjective
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The case stemmed from a 2022 FBI undercover operation where agents posed as real estate developers interested in building a convention center hotel in downtown Jackson, the outlet reported.
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Following her cover story about going undercover as a high school student, Leibrock worked for SN&R a few more years before joining the staff at The Bee.
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Inside, plans call for wet and dry research labs, teaching labs, collaboration areas, offices, instructional spaces and a 130‑space underground parking garage.
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Some experts — and Kennedy — argue that offering peptides through licensed compounding pharmacies would shrink this underground market and direct people toward safer products.
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“Stealth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealth. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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