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Rhubarb’s subtleness wouldn’t work with lemon juice concentrate; the flavors are too similar.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2023

The rest are left raw, for a wheat-ish subtleness, and whooshed in a food processor until powdery.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2021

Such subtleness and sensitivity is appreciated by cast members like Mr. Hill.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2018

His obsessional focus, power of observation, fleshy texture, and subtleness of color are as mesmerizing as Giorgio Morandi, as strange as Cézanne, as formally distinct as El Lissitzky.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2016

He liked the seaweed wrapped around the sushi roll: how tough it was to chew, the subtleness of the ocean water.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green