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Recent Examples of sure-handed
Despite this, the former Super Bowl champion has carved out a very important role as a sure-handed weapon on the Commanders' offense with a nose for the end zone.
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The boys, meanwhile, put together a dominant season and a sure-handed championship win.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, Harrison returns to the city where his father established greatness, one sure-handed catch after another, all the way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
And they were delighted by the enthusiastic reception, each one gushing about the camaraderie on set and Johnson’s sure-handed guidance.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
However, Jones watched as quarterback Dak Prescott tried to push the ball downfield to get the Cowboys’ lead back, but CeeDee Lamb, usually sure-handed, had some drop trouble in the fourth quarter that hurt the team badly in the end.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Thomas threw two touchdown passes, both to the quick and sure-handed Maldonado.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
He’s been about the most sure-handed player in camp this month, but his pair of second-quarter catches demonstrated a couple of other useful features.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The boys, meanwhile, put together a dominant season and a sure-handed championship win.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, Harrison returns to the city where his father established greatness, one sure-handed catch after another, all the way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
And they were delighted by the enthusiastic reception, each one gushing about the camaraderie on set and Johnson’s sure-handed guidance.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
However, Jones watched as quarterback Dak Prescott tried to push the ball downfield to get the Cowboys’ lead back, but CeeDee Lamb, usually sure-handed, had some drop trouble in the fourth quarter that hurt the team badly in the end.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Thomas threw two touchdown passes, both to the quick and sure-handed Maldonado.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
He’s been about the most sure-handed player in camp this month, but his pair of second-quarter catches demonstrated a couple of other useful features.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sure-handed
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The Borg represent our fear of erasure, of disappearing into a vast, flat, and uncaring bureaucracy, and are one of modern fiction's most deft updates to the existential horror first popularized in the fiction of Franz Kafka.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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But instead, New York soon scored on yet another counterattack — a problem to defend for CLT FC the entire match — as Fernandez scored his second goal of the game with a deft chip over Kahlina.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The OptiPlex 7020 is one in its nearly endless line of business towers, and this one has a surprisingly adroit loadout in terms of components.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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SpaceX is the implied template: Musk will advocate for privatizing the government, outsourcing the affairs of state to nimble entrepreneurs and adroit technologists.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Beath attempted to get the adept electrician to comment on the crash.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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This year, job advertisements have been soaring for a new specialist software developer who can write code, but also is adept at talking to customers.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Kayla Poirier didn’t get the glory that comes associated with scoring a goal, but without a couple skillful touches by the senior, Mahtomedi would no longer have a chance to repeat as state champions.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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The skillful craftsmanship of the artists is amazing, and the story is also great.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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There are swift, serpentine vines dexterous enough to snatch Dek’s supplies; combustible little slugs that detonate like grenades when triggered; and exotic flowers that swell up and squirt paralyzing darts when something approaches.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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Named Aero Hand Open, the TetherIA’s open-source, underactuated robotic hand is meant to solve the robotic industry’s hardest problem, dexterous manipulation.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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No army in history seemed ever to have been more ragged and motley and mongrel and polyglot than the Continental, rich and poor, learned and illiterate, from boys to old men, skilled and unskilled, born all over the world, speaking dozens of languages, believing in different gods and in no god.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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China is increasingly leading the US as the center of global research, and cuts and restrictions on skilled migration are hampering Washington’s fightback.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Being a proficient reader by the end of the third grade is a significant milestone, marked by many experts as a crucial point in a child’s life where not reaching that benchmark could lead to them struggling later in life.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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From techniques like deep-plane facelifts to the use of innovations such as tranexamic acid for safer, more technically proficient procedures, the field continues to evolve toward precision and care.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Detroit rebounded and put together a masterful offensive performance in a win over the Washington Commanders.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles is masterful at finding ways to pressure young quarterbacks.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Sure-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sure-handed. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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