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Recent Examples of impalpable The principle consists in mixing, with the sewage, quantities of lime and clay, combining with the carbonic acid of the fecal matters to form carbonate of lime, in an impalpable powder. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 June 2022 This is the primordial key point, the impalpable idea that will finally turn out to be the engine of your business. Xavier Preterit, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 And so, with 24 regular-season games remaining for the Utah Jazz after the All-Star break, hard-and-fast conclusions about this team remain frustratingly elusive and impalpable. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Feb. 2022 But there’s an argument to be made that the colorless, soundless, impalpable structures of symbols and relationships of science are far more revealing. Kc Cole, Wired, 22 Dec. 2021 Afterward, as in Vienna, property relations were forever altered, which had an impalpable but unmistakable effect on attitudes. New York Times, 29 June 2021 The full album as well features similar, almost impalpable, differences. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2021 In these distant and impalpable moments, I am touched. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2021 Appearing in all four games this season, Grossman has displayed an impalpable ability for generating first downs on crucial drives for UAB this season. Evan Dudley, al, 5 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impalpable
Adjective
  • If reason teaches that God is incorporeal, this means that God has no body; God does not physically see, nor do people see God.
    Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The digital files are incorporeal.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
Adjective
  • You’re left with skin that feels comfortable, purified, and protected, as if wrapped in an invisible shield against daily environmental damage.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The director conjures the house’s spectral presence by means of an unusual cinematic device that dominates the movie from start to finish: the camera embodies the perspective of that invisible character.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That usually means some kind of reward in line with that performance, whether the reward is tangible or intangible.
    Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The impact of this is far from intangible as the goal is not simply to challenge leaders.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Toyota’s Electronically Controlled Brake (ECB) system manages the transition between regenerative braking and hydraulic brakes so smoothly that the shift is imperceptible.
    Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
  • This is because minor changes in its illumination are almost imperceptible.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • These subtle forms of communication—often overshadowed by verbal expression—strengthen emotional connections, offer comfort and convey understanding in ways words cannot.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2025
  • For those who don’t mesh with the plum tones of Black Honey can shop Clinique Pink Honey instead, which offers the same sheer wash of color in an even more subtle pink tone.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Impalpable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impalpable. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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