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Recent Examples of sure-handed
Thomas threw two touchdown passes, both to the quick and sure-handed Maldonado.
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Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
He’s been about the most sure-handed player in camp this month, but his pair of second-quarter catches demonstrated a couple of other useful features.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Another sophomore, Torres, is a sure-handed target.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The sure-handed Hofland, who is 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, is a matchup nightmare.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
However, the fact of the matter is, the Yankees are four games back of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East, and their supposedly sure-handed shortstop is costing them outs.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Just down the road at Eastern Kentucky, Mike Smith brings a sure-handed tackling prowess from the FCS ranks into the NFL with a hope of cracking the roster in year one.
—Nick Harris
july 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
While the slugger won't get anything close to Witt Jr.'s 11-year $288 million contract, his bat and sure-handed fielding will give him an opportunity at a $100 million extension when the time comes.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The usually sure-handed Toglia committed two errors in a game for just the second time in his career.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
He’s been about the most sure-handed player in camp this month, but his pair of second-quarter catches demonstrated a couple of other useful features.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Another sophomore, Torres, is a sure-handed target.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The sure-handed Hofland, who is 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, is a matchup nightmare.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
However, the fact of the matter is, the Yankees are four games back of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East, and their supposedly sure-handed shortstop is costing them outs.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Just down the road at Eastern Kentucky, Mike Smith brings a sure-handed tackling prowess from the FCS ranks into the NFL with a hope of cracking the roster in year one.
—Nick Harris
july 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
While the slugger won't get anything close to Witt Jr.'s 11-year $288 million contract, his bat and sure-handed fielding will give him an opportunity at a $100 million extension when the time comes.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The usually sure-handed Toglia committed two errors in a game for just the second time in his career.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sure-handed
Adjective
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The company’s deft choreography of solos and ensemble passages allows the performers, each representing a different tribal tradition (Navajo, Cree, Pueblo, Seneca, and Lakota), to stand as both distinct and part of a harmonious whole.—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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Apex investor and board member Ross Fubini, founder of the venture capital firm XYZ, who previously backed Cinnamon at Synapse, said he’s been impressed by the young entrepreneur’s deft triangulation of a complicated market.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The OptiPlex 7020 is one in its nearly endless line of business towers, and this one has a surprisingly adroit loadout in terms of components.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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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
Adjective
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Tost is also adept at setting Penny Jo loose in a world full of lethally ambitious schemers, many more obviously lethal than she.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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But Kravitz bucks this notion, proving that his adept songwriting skills translate even four decades later.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The more success rolled, the more damage done, the more skillful the hack and so on.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Powell, skillful at opaque Fed-speak, nonetheless signaled a simulative change is likely.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Cleaning looked mundane compared with dexterous manipulation.—
Ashis Ghosh,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Making a hand that is as dexterous as a human one is one of the biggest challenges in robotics.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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The team must be skilled in rigorous experimentation to enable translation of data into meaningful insights.—
Mohit Agrawal,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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That kind of determination and sacrifice is tough to find in a person, let alone a talented videographer who was also a skilled hunter in his own right.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Raheem Sterling, who arrived at Manchester City in 2015 from Liverpool as a creative wide dribbler, became one of the most proficient goalscorers from the wing in Premier League history in his prime under Pep Guardiola, and Johnson’s career could be on course to follow a similar path.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Just 9% of fourth-graders tested scored at or above the proficient reading level, down from 12% in 2022.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Yet this infectious look into the masterful brain of the single mom and former police department cleaning woman — who earned her job as an LAPD crime consultant — propelled the freshman series into one of broadcast TV's few bright spots.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Whether this is a real departure or a masterful storyline, the wrestling world is now buzzing.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Sure-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sure-handed. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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