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Recent Examples of stealthily
Under the noses of her family, Kelly’s business team, and the revolving door of yes-people in his recording studio and homes, the book details how Kelly stealthily groomed the middle-schooler in plain sight.
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
The unidentified white van slowly and stealthily pulled up outside the million-dollar-plus homes under the cover of darkness, grainy surveillance footage showed.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Nevermind that this is obviously the work of someone acting deliberately, stealthily and with obvious malice – not a drunk stumbling into their homes.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Shrinkflation continues in the laundry aisle When inflation peaked after the COVID-19 pandemic, some manufacturers stealthily raised prices by shrinking their products — shampoo, paper towels, chips and candy — while charging the same or slightly more.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
But during those in-between times when children are able to stealthily evade adult surveillance – on playgrounds, on the internet and even when stuck at home during the pandemic – children’s culture can thrive.
—Rebekah Willett, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
These multifunctional furniture pieces are interior design staples that stealthily keep clutter at bay.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
Two minutes later, while moving through the crowd, I was stealthily pickpocketed and spent hours the next day at the police station filing a theft report.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
Our expert, Will Greenwald, called it a stealthily flashy gaming headset in his in-depth review.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
The unidentified white van slowly and stealthily pulled up outside the million-dollar-plus homes under the cover of darkness, grainy surveillance footage showed.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Nevermind that this is obviously the work of someone acting deliberately, stealthily and with obvious malice – not a drunk stumbling into their homes.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Shrinkflation continues in the laundry aisle When inflation peaked after the COVID-19 pandemic, some manufacturers stealthily raised prices by shrinking their products — shampoo, paper towels, chips and candy — while charging the same or slightly more.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
But during those in-between times when children are able to stealthily evade adult surveillance – on playgrounds, on the internet and even when stuck at home during the pandemic – children’s culture can thrive.
—Rebekah Willett, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
These multifunctional furniture pieces are interior design staples that stealthily keep clutter at bay.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
Two minutes later, while moving through the crowd, I was stealthily pickpocketed and spent hours the next day at the police station filing a theft report.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
Our expert, Will Greenwald, called it a stealthily flashy gaming headset in his in-depth review.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealthily
Adverb
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Callella, 42, is accused of using a voice over internet protocol text and call application to surreptitiously reach out to the family, but authorities were able to link the phone number to his email address and, later, his residence, according to the complaint.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Fox said the exchange between him and Wasser when he was called back to the restaurant took about 10-12 seconds, but defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested on Monday that the pair may have surreptitiously searched the backpack at that time and found the gun — or potentially planted it.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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With a comfy design and a sleek hue, the trend is sneakily elegant and easy to mix and match with other closet staples.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Layer it with the Camnow Cropped Puffer Jacket that’s a total staple winter coat, and suddenly your airport look feels sneakily stylish, comfy, and totally ready for whatever the forecast or your itinerary throws at you.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Dec. 2025
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Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
Adverb
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DiNanno also accused Beijing of covertly conducting nuclear tests.—
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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DiNanno also accused Beijing of covertly conducting nuclear tests.—
Vladimir Isachenkov,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The original cover disappeared — in fact, was kept and sold clandestinely by a CBS executive for around $25,000 and later re-sold by Anonymous for over $250,000.—
David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
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In Silo, references to a toxic world imply that half a million people were sent underground to protect them from the horrors of a nuclear holocaust.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Arranged in grids that connect to low-Earth-orbit satellites, the nodes are capable of collecting and sharing data used to create high-resolution maps of anomalies, miles underground, that might be gold, copper, nickel, lithium, or other minerals.—
Lauren Steele,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Stealthily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealthily. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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