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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light-fingered
Adjective
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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 -
Naturally, Moore is formidable, acing an English accent and exhibiting an adroit sense of comic timing.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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The integration came as the company recently unveiled Sanctuary AI’s cutting-edge tactile sensors and demonstrated progress in creating dexterous intelligence for autonomous labor.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Feb. 2025
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Then there was her dexterous ability at playing two pianos at once.—
Gail Mitchell,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Politics naturally plays a part and requires a deft approach and a certain diplomacy from a manager.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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His deft timing provides most laughs in the film, along with Garg’s keen awareness of how to hit a punchline (and later on, elicit tears).—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The company’s Optimus, the humanoid robot regularly featured at Tesla events, has yet to show capabilities that match robots created years ago, like Boston Dynamics’s acrobatic creations or Honda’s child-size Asimo that climbed stairs, played soccer and opened bottles to serve drinks.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The sense of wonder is central to all acrobatic dunking in itself.—
Patrick Sauer,
Oc Register,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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During subsequent decades, the Soviets and its pliant regime were defeated, the country was racked by civil war, and various Islamist groups became ascendant, including the Mujahedin, Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Isis-Khorasan.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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Notably, Assad was pliant to the ayatollahs’ Iran, the theocratic state bent on reshaping the region in the name of Shi’ite jihad.—
Bassem Eid,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Light-fingered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-fingered. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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