as in cunning
skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means
we were both impressed and outraged by the expert slickness with which the swindler fooled us
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Noun
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Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies’ legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile détente.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
30 July 2025 -
Despite being outnumbered 50-to-1 by the Five Families of the Italian mafia, the Westies’ legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile détente.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The subtlety of French girl beauty products meets stateside oomph with the Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Shimmer Multi-Purpose Dry Oil.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Those subtleties are still able to hook us some somehow.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2025
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But ease of access doesn’t compensate for lack of value.—
David James,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Aim for a coarse to medium-coarse grind that’s as uniform as possible for ease of filtering.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Opening pages show Toews’ characteristic wit and guile squaring off against extraordinary pain.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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Getting to the knockout phase will take guile as much as craft, something the Dutch boast in abundance.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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