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Noun
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The versatile 22-year-old has totaled six interceptions across the last two seasons, and has the speed and agility to both pursue sideline-to-sideline and cover in space.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Widely regarded as a top five talent in this class, Ioane is a 6-foot-4, 320-pound mauler who combined elite power with rare lateral agility.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The great players have to be great adapters because baseball serves up near-constant tests of nimbleness.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Even though Google is 27 years old, Pichai’s leadership has emphasized startup-like nimbleness, launching innovative AI products—like Nano Banana, Google AI Studio, Notebook LM, Gemini CLI, and Antigravity—not directly tied to its core ad businesses.—
Andrew Ng,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
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Fleshwater’s crystalline guitar leads and tidal currents of noise hit so much harder for the revving percussion, which moves with the dexterity of metal and hardcore.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Short handles feature rounded lines and notches that boost dexterity, while their symmetrical shape works well with either right or left-handed eaters.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Wolves were outscored by 23 points in his 28 minutes, a stark contrast to Hartenstein, whose playmaking and deftness with the ball in his hands created open 3 after open 3 for the Thunder.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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This sky-high figure indicates the display's deftness at producing deep blacks alongside bright whites, resulting in improved image quality in both light and dark scenes.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
7 Mar. 2026
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While that gizmo promised that just two sharp cracks from a pair of human hands could turn any electronic device on or off, sonogenetics requires significantly more finesse.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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But her facilitating skills could use some finesse.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Such was the case in Georgia’s newspaper and magazine world, where Lee Walburn’s literary prowess helped shape the styles and careers of Southern writers and recast Atlanta’s city magazine as a literary powerhouse.—
Mark Woolsey,
AJC.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Michael’s songwriting prowess is distilled down to snappy, silly montages that involve a lot of pacing and still more ruminating.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Sure-footedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sure-footedness. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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