versatility

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Recent Examples of versatility The stand collar adds versatility and a touch of style. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025 This new indication, based on the SOUL data, marks even further advancement and showcases the versatility of semaglutide while expanding options for millions of people. New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025 Tudyk brings his vocal versatility to the movie as The Sweet-Toed Toad, one of the story’s most peculiar creatures. Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 Mullen’s offense showed versatility. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for versatility
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Noun
  • At Ironworks Steaks and Fine Cocktails, Chef Joseph Cusmano brings creativity and skill to a traditional steakhouse menu with a few fun surprises to keep diners on their toes.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Simply add your own creativity and can-do spirit.
    Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bennett is a writer of great linguistic inventiveness; her previous books, the short-story collection Pond and the novel Checkout 19, use surprising wordplay to evoke their narrators’ unique ways of interacting with the world.
    Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • BigXthaPlug – and his many collaborators – score big wins on several Billboard charts this week thanks to that inventiveness.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Leaders who embrace it — by giving agency, reframing emotions and designing for imagination — are closer to breeding resilience and innovation.
    Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Every scam didn’t need a clever mastermind; in fact, many seemed to somehow spring from a collective imagination.
    Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Many commenters praised the pair’s ingenuity and willingness to think outside the box.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • All these excellent, exacting details coexist well with each other to produce one of Lanthimos’s best films yet, a movie of startling ingenuity that also doubles as a humorous but pointed warning to us all.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The deep dive into Chaplin’s working methods is compelling and illuminating, and the shooting script itself shows that the always politically and philosophically probing Chaplin hadn’t lost any of his fire or originality in his old age.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • All boasting different approaches to fashion, the finalists were revealed during Copenhagen Fashion Week in August and selected by a panel of industry experts, who assessed entries based on criteria such as design talent and originality, sustainable credentials and business strategy.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In addition, Al Horford should give Golden State shot-blocking, rebounding, outside shooting and resourcefulness at the center position, a position the team was weak at last season.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The movie’s loveliest section is when Abslam starts to see her with new eyes, admiring her resourcefulness as a gentle romance blooms.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The video gives the illusion that the plane is cutting straight through the colorful arcs.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That illusion was shattered Thursday when gambling and sports rigging schemes linked to the mob led to the arrests of 31 defendants, including Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat, Damon Jones.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The survey of nearly 1,700 youths between the ages of 13 and 24 by the Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group focused on suicide prevention, also found suicide ideation grew from 41% to 47% over the one-year period while suicide attempts decreased from 11% to 7%.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Those steps reflect the culture wars that have further marginalized the LGBTQ+ population, which already had above normal risk for anxiety, stress, depression and suicide ideation.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Versatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versatility. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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