sleight

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Recent Examples of sleight Heading into a 12-game sleight tonight, with the two current favorites hitting the ice, here is where the odds for the award currently stand. Tyler Small, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 What then is too much, when a sleight of the rational names plenty as recursion in thickets, absent blaring data and the insects vanish. Alice Gribbin, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023 But her sleight of foot no doubt made for a livelier flight back to San Diego. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023 Spending more time with these two main characters as people and not pieces in a shifting sleight-of-hand exercise might give the strong performances a chance to assert themselves more. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for sleight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleight
Noun
  • Many suspect a spam call and don't pick up the phone, leading foundation staff to sometimes devise ruses.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But authorities now believe Speight made the whole story up — and even shot himself as part of a ruse.
    Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Here, settler colonialism is understood as a form of environmental injustice, where pollution and degraded landscapes diminish Indigenous quality of life and ability to be in right relationship with the environment.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement The breakthrough in recent days offers a chance to reassert America's ability to shape events beyond its borders.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Coach Brian Keefe gave Sarr the freedom to switch onto perimeter players, even point guards on occasion, to take advantage of Sarr’s agility and give the young big experience.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Engineering agility and perception Behind the artistry lies a feat of advanced engineering.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The fast food giant announced the return of the classic Halloween item, which makes the perfect vessel for storing candy that is picked up while making the rounds of trick-or-treating.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Basically, a kid goes out trick-or-treating on Halloween.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The set-piece prowess is still there, and accounts for nearly 37 per cent of their xG (the fifth-highest in the league), but there has been a discernible shift so far in the type of chances created from open play.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Schneider seemed to feel the moment was more of a testament to Judge’s prowess rather than an admonition of the pitcher or decision.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cornerback Jourdan Lewis has been playing at a high level, but Tyson Campbell didn’t look like a scheme fit, which might explain why he was recently traded along with a seventh-round pick for Greg Newsome and a sixth-round pick from the Cleveland Browns.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Other rural regions of Italy have had similar experiences and also launched similar schemes over the last several years with the goal of boosting development and combating depopulation.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That reputation doesn’t come from talent alone.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That Tigers staff would turn out to be one of the best collections of coaching talent in recent college football history, producing four more future head coaches.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Towards clinical use The device has shown promising results in preclinical studies and has been patented both in Italy and abroad.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The brand also introduced the Pixel Tablet in 2023, which acted like a smart display when docked, but this news is the first update about the possibility of a static device in over four years.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Sleight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleight. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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