Question: In describing a previous rule change, one could write:

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but many times (mostly in the news), they will add something such as "quietly", implying deception, or with other words, more than one mental image for the same statement.

My description is off, but I'm hoping someone knows what I'm referring to, and can help me identify what this device would be called.

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> Ex1. "The school board last week, **quietly** passed a rule stating that red is no longer a color".
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> Ex2. "The ranking member stated, **without evidence**, that red seemed to imply emotion rather than a visual cue".
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Both of these statements could have been written without the bold word.

Answer: 
When an author is writing a book, she or he may receive an

Advance
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> When a publisher is interested in acquiring a book manuscript, it usually offers the writer an advance against royalties, or *advance* for short.
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> An advance is a signing bonus that’s negotiated and paid to the author before the book is published.
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(Source: Writer's Digest -- [How Book Advances Work - A Simple Explanation for Writers](https://www.writersdigest.com/finances/how-book-advances-work-a-simple-explanation-for-writers))
*Advance* and *deposit*, which appear in previously posted answers, are probably the best general-purpose terms for such payments, but some professionals, particularly lawyers, prefer to refer to them by the term ***retainer***. A retainer can be either a payment for having the professional on standby, with an understanding that specific services will be paid for later, as they are rendered (a 'true retainer'), or a deposit for future services, from which the fees will be deducted as the services are rendered.