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Recent Examples of obviousness
Non-obviousness means the invention wouldn’t be obvious – an easy tweak or routine step in the process – to a skilled person in the field based on existing knowledge.
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Lucy Xiaolu Wang, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
But what makes the Kimmel affair different, and much more chilling, than the dismissal of Colbert is the directness and obviousness of the federal government’s interference.
—Jason Bailey, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
While the showstopper was another challenge about a feat of engineering, there were some surprises, some obviousness, and lots of perfection from perfect, perfect Tom, who continues to be not just the love of my life but also entirely perfect.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Lucy Xiaolu Wang, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
But what makes the Kimmel affair different, and much more chilling, than the dismissal of Colbert is the directness and obviousness of the federal government’s interference.
—Jason Bailey, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
While the showstopper was another challenge about a feat of engineering, there were some surprises, some obviousness, and lots of perfection from perfect, perfect Tom, who continues to be not just the love of my life but also entirely perfect.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obviousness
Noun
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Some quotes have been edited and condensed for length and clarity.—
Charles Infosino,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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These answers have been edited for length and clarity.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Everyone seems to symbolize something…but the oceanic flood of writing itself is always carrying them away, just beyond intelligibility.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But under certain circumstances—when using some shades of gray as your background or an image that's dark in some areas but light in others—macOS will still draw an extremely subtle drop-shadow underneath the menu bar area to maintain legibility.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Due to the challenges in maintaining legibility and uniformity across these textures, only certain colors are viable.—
Matthew Catellier,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While the stellar extent of the galaxy is normally only shown to overlap with the bright dusty disk, superior techniques can reveal the low surface-brightness halo and streams around it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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Magnitude is the scale used to measure the apparent brightness of objects in the night sky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That plainness, though, adds to the sense that Death in the Family isn’t packing in unnecessary frills, just conveying what happened and following the facts.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Obviousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obviousness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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