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Recent Examples of tactful The next step is for the CISO, through tactful negotiation, to secure the CEO's unwavering support. Phillimon Zongo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 Her field notes are animated by sympathetic amusement, a tactful astonishment at the sheer evolutionary peculiarity of this creature. A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025 Written by Celia Marks and a team of editors at Southern Living Magazine, the party cookbook is brimming with sensible, tactful advice about issuing invitations, entertaining in limited spaces and seating arrangements. Rai Mincey, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 The style featured a tactful off-the-shoulder design and a knee-length skirt that hugged her frame. Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for tactful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tactful
Adjective
  • The interactions of the child protagonists have metaphoric and politic overtones.
    Alex Dueben July 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
  • Stirring up some of the local Chicago politic mix, with the cops and more, Smollett then was put under the spotlight of a special prosecutor and hauled before the courts for allegedly playing fast and loose with the truth and his own agenda.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • The place being a Midwestern park, the ghost is by all accounts pretty damn polite.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Hank’s voice is gentle and polite, but that doesn’t put Aaron at ease.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump has often expressed verbal frustration with Putin, accusing him of making positive diplomatic noises before bombing Ukrainian civilians again, but until now had avoided taking direct action.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war.
    Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Keeping her content respectful is also important, and Abrams is adamant about telling these individual's stories and restoring their graves with their humanity in mind.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • And someone who is a great listener, respectful, caring, chilled out, someone who supports my dreams – and is cool with my chaos!
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Tactful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactful. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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