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as in agile
moving easily
the graceful ballerina effortlessly leapt across the stage
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as in elegant
having or showing elegance
sat down in the old plantation home's very graceful parlor
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Recent Examples of graceful
While those graceful dancing fronds are still a welcoming sight on Southern porches, most ferns are water hogs that demand attention.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
In your 7th House of Partnership, the moody Moon conjoins therapeutic Chiron, inviting graceful truth-telling that preserves fairness while actually naming what has felt off.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
The statues' graceful outlines and cascading folds of clothes all radiate elegant simplicity.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 11 June 2026
Turkey aren’t short on exciting young attackers but Uzun, who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, is skilful, smart and incredibly graceful — the perfect summer fling of a playmaker.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
In your 7th House of Partnership, the moody Moon conjoins therapeutic Chiron, inviting graceful truth-telling that preserves fairness while actually naming what has felt off.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
The statues' graceful outlines and cascading folds of clothes all radiate elegant simplicity.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 11 June 2026
Turkey aren’t short on exciting young attackers but Uzun, who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, is skilful, smart and incredibly graceful — the perfect summer fling of a playmaker.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graceful
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The story of how a second-generation entrepreneur built a category challenger by burning every boat is a master class in family business, vertical integration, and the discipline of staying agile at a thousand employees.—
Dave Knox,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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This executive conversation will explore the forces redefining modern retail and how leading organizations are building more agile, intelligent and connected operating models to drive sales and boost margins.—
SJ Studio,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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Evening dining features an elegant dress code, with the exception of the casual lobster bake held on Fridays.—
Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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These summer-flowering bulbs produce elegant, tall spikes of flowers that contrast well with the more traditional bloom shapes of dahlias.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
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Deloitte’s 2026 Global Human Capital Trends report found that 7 in 10 business leaders say their primary competitive strategy over the next three years is to be fast and nimble.—
Gerald J. Leonard,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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While its exterior is understated, the G90 provides a comfortable ride and surprisingly nimble handling for its size.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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The stakes are high, the KGB agents are handsome, the intelligence is deadly and the costumes are groovy.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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This handsome portable stands out for its incredibly bright and colorful OLED display and full aluminum chassis, giving it luxurious curb appeal at a near-budget price.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
15 June 2026
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Director John Woo brings a balletic style that exudes confidence and flair, particularly in the stunning one-take hospital shootout sequence.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Italy was leading 1–0 when, in the 78th minute, Baggio exchanged passes with teammate Giuseppe Giannini, drifted through Czechoslovakia’s defense with balletic control, and calmly slotted the ball past the goalkeeper.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 June 2026
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There is a real distinction between a city unified by five fine starting players in a game that originally involved throwing a ball into a peach basket and that, however improbably, became the city game, and the bloody display in the nation’s capital.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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Los Angeles County health officer Muntu Davis said the main public health concern was smoke and fine particles that can cause temporary irritation of the ear, nose, throat and lungs, as well as exacerbate heart and lung conditions.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
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Alvarezsaurs were predominantly small, with stubby but powerful forelimbs, long and gracile hindlimbs and lightly built skulls.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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Hawkins misplaced horns and spikes, and some of his robust four-legged dinosaurs were actually gracile bipeds.—
Yannic Rack,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Aug. 2023
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This majestic sequence delivers a lifetime’s outpouring of love’s inadequacies and frustrations, of grief and regret, of gratitude along with candid acceptance of loss, and of self-questioning that never shakes the foundations of the family—her ferocious commitment to the children.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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Over the past two decades, airlines have stopped using it as a passenger plane and replaced it with smaller aircraft that are more efficient, but far less majestic and memorable.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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“Graceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graceful. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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