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In fact, adopting AI, especially with something as central to success as pricing, makes figuring out how to fit the old with the new both critically important and nonobvious.
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Mike Ryan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
This comes to resemble a branding exercise—perhaps a necessary one to sell a book these days—but the advice is good, and some of it nonobvious.
—Matthew Hutson, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2021
The rise of cloud computing, open-source platforms and the API economy has contributed in both obvious and nonobvious ways to this transformation.
—Romi Stein, Forbes, 1 June 2021
To get a patent, an invention must be novel, nonobvious and useful—all reasonable requirements.
—Paul R. Michel and Matthew J. Dowd, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
And to also keep nonobvious stuff on hand — like teddy bears for the kids, a rubber bone for the dog and $50 in cash, all in $1 bills.
—Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2019
But nonobvious money trails are popular on both ends of the spectrum.
—Scott Walter, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2018
Mike Ryan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
This comes to resemble a branding exercise—perhaps a necessary one to sell a book these days—but the advice is good, and some of it nonobvious.
—Matthew Hutson, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2021
The rise of cloud computing, open-source platforms and the API economy has contributed in both obvious and nonobvious ways to this transformation.
—Romi Stein, Forbes, 1 June 2021
To get a patent, an invention must be novel, nonobvious and useful—all reasonable requirements.
—Paul R. Michel and Matthew J. Dowd, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
And to also keep nonobvious stuff on hand — like teddy bears for the kids, a rubber bone for the dog and $50 in cash, all in $1 bills.
—Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2019
But nonobvious money trails are popular on both ends of the spectrum.
—Scott Walter, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonobvious
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But there’s also a lot of bitterness and disappointment to go around, and the final emotions are complicated and ambiguous.Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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The business environment today is volatile, uncertain, and ambiguous.HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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This is what renders California’s increase mysterious.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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The wild card who ultimately upends the conclave is the mysterious and contemplative Cardinal Benitez (Carlos Diehz), who arrives late to the proceedings.Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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California is one of 23 states that allow such photographs; the 27 other states either don’t allow it or have unclear laws.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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San Ramon voters should pick Armstrong for mayor, Shetty for council How the rest of the money would be spent is unclear.Mercury News & East Bay Times editorial, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
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The episode’s host, John Mulaney, played a news junkie who was quizzed about the more obscure 2024 general-election players, such as Special Counsel Jack Smith.Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Six years after the 2018 Supreme Court decision that led to widespread legalization of mobile sports betting, U.S. sportsbooks dangle a variety of granular and obscure potential wagers in front of customers.Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Tonight sees the comet move from the constellation Virgo into Serpens, a small and indistinct shape of eight stars that resemble a snake.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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As the effects spread to the lips, tongue and jaw, his speech devolved into indistinct sounds that his daughter could not understand.Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
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In between are pieces that stretch the definition of what a song even is, an idea Walker would push to incomprehensible extremes in his later work.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
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Your man could have poor hygiene, or a drug problem, or an incomprehensible hobby.James Parker, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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Its notifications, which follow a format established in 1924, are written in ALL CAPS and filled with cryptic abbreviations.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
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Mysterious bottles hanging from trees filled with cryptic numbers.Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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In this enigmatic world, 39 women and one young girl are kept in an underground room guarded by armed men.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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While transiting this enigmatic area of your chart, opportunities for healing and spiritual growth in your relationships are near.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Nonobvious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonobvious. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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