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Recent Examples of perceptibly
Public funding in Kansas The emotion about keeping the Royals in Missouri has perceptibly changed in the last 10 days.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
After trying out a shot in the fourth episode in which Kim smiled, barely perceptibly, while watching Jimmy pull off a stunt, the creators settled into the idea that her character wasn’t a scold but was turned on by Jimmy’s shenanigans — and could be a surprising and active ally.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
After trying out a shot in the fourth episode in which Kim smiled, barely perceptibly, while watching Jimmy pull off a stunt, the creators settled into the idea that her character wasn’t a scold but was turned on by Jimmy’s shenanigans — and could be a surprising and active ally.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perceptibly
Adverb
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These endeavors revealed not only the unique symbolic capacity of our species but also an emerging desire to make living spaces distinctly our own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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This has all happened by 1974, with the hardware still looking distinctly Apollo.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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Still, momentum is clearly on Philadelphia’s side.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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What got centered were the perfunctory tasks government defaults to when everyone is stretched thin — checking the legal and regulatory boxes for approval, designing detour protocols, posting the orange signs in the right places and marking the lane closures clearly.—
Andrew Chrismer,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Although something is discernibly missing—the sound of music.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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There are no star turns, no parts that are discernibly meatier, no actor without a fully dimensional character to play, irrespective of their screen time.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But, given that the NCAA has a pretty strong stance on gambling, and rules are plainly stated, getting an injunction seems like a tough path.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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At the 1952 conference of the National Association of Amusement Parks, Pools, and Beaches, Ed Schott of Cincinnati’s Coney Island put it plainly.—
Roland Betancourt,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Perceptibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perceptibly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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