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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light-fingered
Adjective
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SpaceX is the implied template: Musk will advocate for privatizing the government, outsourcing the affairs of state to nimble entrepreneurs and adroit technologists.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2024 -
Naturally, Moore is formidable, acing an English accent and exhibiting an adroit sense of comic timing.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Especially because Snook is such a dexterous driver.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
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One of the most remarkable features of the K2 is its dexterous hands.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
17 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Politics naturally plays a part and requires a deft approach and a certain diplomacy from a manager.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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His deft timing provides most laughs in the film, along with Garg’s keen awareness of how to hit a punchline (and later on, elicit tears).—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The sense of wonder is central to all acrobatic dunking in itself.—
Patrick Sauer,
Oc Register,
24 Mar. 2025
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While Wilds doesn't reprise the acrobatic wirebugs and monster-riding mechanics of 2021's Monster Hunter Rise, its fights feel better than ever with a new focus mode.—
James Perkins Mastromarino,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With a pliant Congress, Trump is using his office to benefit his family’s business interests, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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For all the talk and research that has gone into exploiting graphene’s pliant properties for use in wearable and flexible electronics, most of the polymer composites it has been mixed with to date have been on the hard and inflexible side.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Dec. 2016
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“Light-fingered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-fingered. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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