as in graceful
moving easily
the expressive movements of agile dancers agile herons wading in the marsh
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Recent Examples of agile
And his response to tariffs, geopolitical challenges and ever-shifting technologies is to focus on making Rolls-Royce more proactive and agile.
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2025
Modern citizen-soldiers and airmen must be agile and flexible, as demonstrated by our Guard members responding to missions both at home and abroad.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
In addition, through advancements in materials science, AI might help produce lighter, more agile interceptors, making the weapons cheaper and more maneuverable in flight.
—Sam Winter-Levy, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2025
Community colleges are perfectly suited to respond quickly to workforce disruptions: local, agile and closely aligned with industry demands.
—Alex Goryachev, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2025
Modern citizen-soldiers and airmen must be agile and flexible, as demonstrated by our Guard members responding to missions both at home and abroad.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
In addition, through advancements in materials science, AI might help produce lighter, more agile interceptors, making the weapons cheaper and more maneuverable in flight.
—Sam Winter-Levy, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2025
Community colleges are perfectly suited to respond quickly to workforce disruptions: local, agile and closely aligned with industry demands.
—Alex Goryachev, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for agile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agile
graceful
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Only the graceful styling and the classic neon sign gives any indication the motel was built in 1953.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Her community fastly feels the sharp absence of her graceful, essential labor and employs matriarch Ana (María Magdalena Sanizo) to coax her back home.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Agile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agile. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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