as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
the SWAT team carried out a stealth raid on the house, which was believed to be harboring a terrorist cell
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as in secrecy
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Recent Examples of stealth
Peter Suciu, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Fortune Musk takes aim at Pentagon’s costliest weapons program
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is also co-head of the new Department of Government Efficiency that is advising President-elect Donald Trump, called out the F-35 stealth fighter on Sunday while endorsing drones over jets piloted by humans.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2024
Andrew Webster, The Verge, 21 Nov. 2024
Catch up quick: Aquaria came out of stealth earlier this year and was founded in 2021 by Sheng and his brother Eric.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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On Sunday, the fifth-generation stealth fighter was in the crosshairs again.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Fortune Musk takes aim at Pentagon’s costliest weapons program
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is also co-head of the new Department of Government Efficiency that is advising President-elect Donald Trump, called out the F-35 stealth fighter on Sunday while endorsing drones over jets piloted by humans.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2024
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Here’s how creative director Drew Rechner explains the changes:
Our first step in expanding player choice is removing forced stealth from almost all quest objectives.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 21 Nov. 2024
Catch up quick: Aquaria came out of stealth earlier this year and was founded in 2021 by Sheng and his brother Eric.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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Through clandestine operations and cyberattacks, the country sabotaged key Iranian nuclear facilities.Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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She's Helen, an agent passing on tips from high up in the Prime Minister's office to a clandestine agency (her loving husband happens to be Britain's defense minister).Tom Gliatto, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Little is known about the gray industrial design, which has been shrouded in secrecy.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
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Team selection processes have been shrouded in secrecy by national team management, but Team USA aims to build momentum for the 2026 Winter Olympics.Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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But all of that changed starting in 2017, when Mr. Trump became president amid the F.B.I. investigation into Russia’s covert attempt to manipulate the 2016 election and the nature of the ties between his campaign and Moscow.Charlie Savage, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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The indictment shows that the FBI unraveled some of the covert schemes and identified specific perpetrators.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
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The canard that the Jan. 6 riot was actually an FBI setup and was driven on by undercover agents has been circulating since the days after the attack.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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More than a decade later, the disgraced politician was found guilty of soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from undercover feds and stealing money meant to help senior citizens.John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The trial was moved from Jerusalem for undisclosed security reasons and convened in an underground courtroom.Reuters, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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The judges ordered the trial to resume Tuesday, moving the proceedings to an underground chamber in a Tel Aviv court as a security precaution.Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Humphreys family sold a 25% stake in the business to the Carlyle Group, a $447 billion (assets under management) private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum in 2019.Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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African American freshmen enrollment has notably decreased by 16.9% at highly selective public and private nonprofit four-year schools.Janae Bowens, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Stealth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealth. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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