as in gifted
having a special ability to do something well; having talent
a highly talented athlete As a writer, she is enormously talented.
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The gifted 747-8 plane from Qatar is certainly opulent, with big leather seats and wood inlay, multiple lounges, a bedroom suite and private office, according to marketing materials saved on the Internet Archive.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
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Pressured by her mother to push humans into violence, Marimba has abandoned her calling, refashioned a bow into an instrument, and gifted humanity with music instead.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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The hope, Morrison said, was to encourage employers to bring in skilled workers via the permanent residency pathway, on the theory that immigrants with green cards would, by being on stronger footing, be less likely to undercut wages for Americans than guest workers did.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
3 June 2025
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State government has made the education and training of skilled aerospace workers an important priority.—
Yogi Tharanibalan,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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These additional components underscore the importance of music, movement, libations, skillful presentation, and audience participation to masquerade more broadly.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Who lives and who dies depends on a slew of variable factors: Where they are tried, how skillful their attorneys are, the whims of prosecutors, quirks in the law, the dispositions of judges and jurors, and what victims want.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Preparatory Academy, an alternative high school in the Bronx for young adults who have lived in the United States for less than one year and are not yet proficient in English.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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In 2024, eighth graders dropped to 47% proficient or advanced in science down from 77% in 2023.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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In part, young women today are more educated than men their age and have greater focus on professional ambition and individual growth.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Others, Fontana said, may be embarrassed about inadvertently harming themselves; botanical users in his 2024 research were older, wealthier and more educated than nonusers.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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Funds like the iShares Global Clean Energy ETF attracted massive inflows, yet many investors who entered late experienced disappointing returns once valuations normalized.—
Gianluca Sidoti,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Again, this isn't a conventional model rocket so experienced rocketeers might scoff at it.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Walton, the basketball great and accomplished broadcaster, died in May 2024 from colon cancer.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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When at Maryland from 1999 to 2003, Steve Blake grew into one of the program’s most accomplished starting point guards.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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“Talented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talented. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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