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Adjective
Madison, Jefferson's lifelong friend, collaborator, and political ally, was quizzical and skeptical. His mind was less capacious and less elevated than Jefferson's, but more … original, and instinctively contrary. Less learned than Jefferson, his verbal skills inferior, he was almost pedantically alert to inner complications, and so, though less adept a politician, he was more consistent.
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Bernard Bailyn, To Begin the World Anew, 2003
Three small figurines carved of ivory from mammoth tusks have been found in a cave in southwestern Germany, providing stronger evidence that human ancestors were already adept at figurative art more than 30,000 years ago, an archaeologist is reporting today.
—John Noble Wilford, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2003
The Angels exploited center-fielder Bernie Williams's weak throwing arm in the division series against the Yankees and are adept at scampering from first to third on hits to the outfield.
—Jack Curry, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2002
Barnum was especially adept at pulling back one curtain after another, keeping the audience in a state of panting uncertainty, perpetually postponing the revelation of what was "really" going on.
—Jackson Lears, New Republic, 12 Nov. 2001
He's adept in several languages.
he's an adept pitcher, and the team is lucky to have him
Noun
Once safely back in Paris, and having attained his majority, the poet squandered his inheritance with an adept's fervor …
—Nicholas Delbanco, Harper's, September 2004
They recruited computational chemists, software engineers, AI experts, and various other computer adepts, all of whom put their monster minds together to create an automated reasoning system that could inspect vast amounts of chemical data quickly and point the finger at potential new drug compounds.
—Ed Regis, Wired, June 2000
even by the standards of Washington, he's an adept at political intrigue and power politics
Bernard Bailyn, To Begin the World Anew, 2003
Three small figurines carved of ivory from mammoth tusks have been found in a cave in southwestern Germany, providing stronger evidence that human ancestors were already adept at figurative art more than 30,000 years ago, an archaeologist is reporting today.
—John Noble Wilford, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2003
The Angels exploited center-fielder Bernie Williams's weak throwing arm in the division series against the Yankees and are adept at scampering from first to third on hits to the outfield.
—Jack Curry, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2002
Barnum was especially adept at pulling back one curtain after another, keeping the audience in a state of panting uncertainty, perpetually postponing the revelation of what was "really" going on.
—Jackson Lears, New Republic, 12 Nov. 2001
He's adept in several languages.
he's an adept pitcher, and the team is lucky to have him
Noun
Once safely back in Paris, and having attained his majority, the poet squandered his inheritance with an adept's fervor …
—Nicholas Delbanco, Harper's, September 2004
They recruited computational chemists, software engineers, AI experts, and various other computer adepts, all of whom put their monster minds together to create an automated reasoning system that could inspect vast amounts of chemical data quickly and point the finger at potential new drug compounds.
—Ed Regis, Wired, June 2000
even by the standards of Washington, he's an adept at political intrigue and power politics
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Vital Laptenok, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Stearns is adept at building through the margins and without Manaea, the pitching staff looked pretty marginal.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Naomi Goggin Switch to island time—and expect transportation snafus
Even with two planners, and a bride adept at project management, there was one logistical hurdle that was tough to cross: local transportation.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Introverts are also adept at spotting subtle cues and managing conflicts diplomatically.
—Vital Laptenok, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Stearns is adept at building through the margins and without Manaea, the pitching staff looked pretty marginal.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
Around him, dense as a swarm of tiny insects, float tiny images of fellow adepts engaged in all manner of outré shenanigans.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Naomi Goggin Switch to island time—and expect transportation snafus
Even with two planners, and a bride adept at project management, there was one logistical hurdle that was tough to cross: local transportation.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Adept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adept. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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