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Recent Examples of acrobatic
But Texas has responded with eight points from All-American forward Madison Booker, and the Longhorns just regained the lead on an acrobatic basket by Rori Harmon.
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Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 22 Mar. 2026
As for her viral acrobatic performances, those appeared to have been on hold in the year before her death.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Raab used the same hand for an acrobatic diving save to keep out Niklas Beste's curling shot and ensure Union took the win.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
The sophomore would deliver, utilizing an acrobatic leg save to win it for the Sundevils.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
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Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 22 Mar. 2026
As for her viral acrobatic performances, those appeared to have been on hold in the year before her death.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Raab used the same hand for an acrobatic diving save to keep out Niklas Beste's curling shot and ensure Union took the win.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
The sophomore would deliver, utilizing an acrobatic leg save to win it for the Sundevils.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrobatic
Adjective
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Your next house could be this graceful French mansion, previously owned by both the late German designer and by European royalty.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Offer graceful leadership and listen to quieter voices, because shared success grows when everyone feels included and heard.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
26 Jan. 2023
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For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.—
Forrest Brown,
CNN,
21 June 2022
Adjective
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And besides, the fashion mood lately has moved toward a more refined, agile elegance.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
29 Mar. 2026
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Later, on the winding hills of Andalusia, the vehicle proved itself an agile grand tourer, stopping onlookers in their tracks much the way the original Testarossa still does.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But that success also led to the sci-fi woodland antics of The Wild Robot; the Oscar-winning, postapocalyptic vision of feline collaboration in Flow; and the paean to basketball teamwork that was this year’s Goat.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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In 2001, Space Ghost Coast to Coast’s Brak, the adorable teenage alien with a feline underbite, got his own spinoff in the style of a classic TV sitcom.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The endgame could also involve replacing hardliners with more pliant leaders; Mojtaba Khamenei, appointed to fill his late father’s shoes, isn’t likely to succeed.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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But whether that would make Tehran more pliant, let alone spur regime change, is questionable.—
Ramin Mostaghim,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The lip exfoliators have delicate sugar crystals that gently scrub to reveal smooth, supple, flake-free lips.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The leather was supple, the finishes clean, and the zipper for the bottom compartment glided without so much as a whisper of a snag.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There was experimental literature in which the role of the author could be tweaked; in popular fiction, authorship could be a flexible concept.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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According to experts, someone can be easygoing without being passive, or flexible while also staying engaged.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But Novarupta’s act of magma theft provided the first hint that molten rock might be nimbler than scientists realized.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Lithgow — so nimble and charismatic and then suddenly so imposing, with no aversion to the grotesque — knows how to bring out the insecurity that almost always festers at the center of any performatively self-certain action.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Acrobatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrobatic. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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