light-fingered

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Adjective
  • Norway’s options are now abundant, and often adroit and inventive, too.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Today, especially for digitally adroit customers, opening a new account with a neobank offering a better APR is seamless.
    Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026
Adjective
  • But even opening on 1,500 screens, Harris’ brilliantly dexterous approach proved too much for the film’s marketers.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
  • Marco Wang, an analyst focusing on Chinese robotics for technology research firm Interact Analysis, said the technical readiness of dexterous robotics hands, for example, are among the lowest in hardware components.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • Our hearts are left warmed by its deft exploration of humanity, patriarchy and the meaning of life.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • De Minaur is springy and quick; Mannarino is languid and deft, with his incredibly low string tension trampolining the ball through the court with deceptive power.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Despite her years away from the sport, Ohashi did not hold back on difficulty, nailing her trademark acrobatic skill, a standing Arabian, to booming cheers from the small Minnesota crowd.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Moorby opened the scoring in the second half and tries followed to Devan Flanders, Jordie Barrett and Love, who scored an acrobatic second.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • In many ways, Trump is at the height of his power, surrounded by pliant leaders and able to count on a cohesive group of followers.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
  • The unions want their pliant board majority in place through 2032.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
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“Light-fingered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-fingered. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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