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Recent Examples of unperceived
Einstein and relativity The early modern physicist Isaac Newton had presumed an unperceived yet real flow of time.
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Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
Marina, in economics, conveyed a lesson just as direct, but as yet unperceived.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
If Barack liked to play the conciliator, unveiling heretofore unperceived dimensions of sameness among disparate peoples, Michelle often played the patient teacher, offering instruction from a benevolent distance, then retreating, until next class period, into privacy.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
These cyclical characteristics didn’t go unperceived at the October 7 set, though.
—Rachel Narozniak, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2022
Over time, the angle of these lines changed, suggesting to audience members that the direction of the pendulum’s travel was shifting under the influence of an unperceived rotational motion—that of Earth.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian, 3 Feb. 2018
Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
Marina, in economics, conveyed a lesson just as direct, but as yet unperceived.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
If Barack liked to play the conciliator, unveiling heretofore unperceived dimensions of sameness among disparate peoples, Michelle often played the patient teacher, offering instruction from a benevolent distance, then retreating, until next class period, into privacy.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
These cyclical characteristics didn’t go unperceived at the October 7 set, though.
—Rachel Narozniak, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2022
Over time, the angle of these lines changed, suggesting to audience members that the direction of the pendulum’s travel was shifting under the influence of an unperceived rotational motion—that of Earth.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian, 3 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unperceived
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Michell and Bailey, together with their helpers and rivals, use diary entries, letters, and poetry written by Ash, LaMotte, and people connected with them, to unearth the previously unsuspected relationship between the poets.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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Despite the political tensions, the U.S. and Iraq have continued to cooperate, most recently with an agreement to transfer some 7,000 unsuspected IS members from prisons in Syria to Iraq.—
Qassim Abdul-Zahra,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Yet, like the Academy, the movie business at large has its blind spots; some of Iran’s best films remain unrecognized in the United States.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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The college sits within a cluster of other unaccredited schools—many of them religious institutions—whose degrees hold no weight in the civil service and often go unrecognized in higher education and most workplaces.—
Olivia Empson,
Vanity Fair,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Around the time of her daughter Moriah's murder in 2022 about 2000 miles away in Austin, Karen Wilson, unaware of the tragedy unfolding, read a poem about hope.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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But Robert Matthew Garner was unaware that the inmate was also communicating with Porter County Sheriff’s investigators, a probable cause statement says.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Unperceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unperceived. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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