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
Presumably artificial intelligence and other technologies could be leveraged to make that sort of command and control more agile and responsive.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2025
It’s been nearly, well, 28 years since Danny Boyle gave zombie cinema a jittery digital makeover while irking the Romero faithful with his sprinting hordes of agile infected.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
The ultimate priority is creating agile teams which can continuously test and learn from personalized experiences and scale them effectively.
—Amit Ojha, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
There are two types of databases: relational, such as Amazon, Oracle and Sybase; and document, intended for agile and mobile-centric applications.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 17 May 2025
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2025
It’s been nearly, well, 28 years since Danny Boyle gave zombie cinema a jittery digital makeover while irking the Romero faithful with his sprinting hordes of agile infected.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
The ultimate priority is creating agile teams which can continuously test and learn from personalized experiences and scale them effectively.
—Amit Ojha, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
There are two types of databases: relational, such as Amazon, Oracle and Sybase; and document, intended for agile and mobile-centric applications.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for agile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agile
graceful
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The graceful bridge overlooking the water lily ponds has been the setting of thousands of group photos over the years.—
Bonnie Gross,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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Kevin Harlan and Ernie Johnson Jr. delivered eloquent, graceful sign-offs when TNT concluded 35 years of NBA coverage on Saturday night.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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“Agile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agile. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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