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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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Like any dexterous toddler, Lindsay would have moved her hands around while riding her mother’s back — but Beryl is missing an eye.—
Brandon Keim,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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He’s got dexterous tools catching, tipping and redirecting pucks on first touch.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In a throwback to the original, there’s a deft combination of animatronics and CG.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
7 Feb. 2025
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Edward Berger’s deft direction proves taut, smart and subversive, as Roman whispers drive this robe and dagger drama forward with force.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Satisfying Catches – Receivers will show off their best acrobatic grabs.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Jungle Bells gives visitors a chance to experience the wildlife in a new light with new interactive light shows and trails, live music, acrobatic performances, festive games and more.—
Kate Murphy,
Axios,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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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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During subsequent decades, the Soviets and its pliant regime were defeated, the country was racked by civil war, and various Islamist groups became ascendant, including the Mujahedin, Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Isis-Khorasan.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Light-fingered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-fingered. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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