versatility

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Recent Examples of versatility Proponents of air-launch systems highlight their versatility. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 Gundert added that Schendel’s versatility to set, play on the right side and block go a long way. Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026 The top-scoring offense in the league last year, the Rams present a tough challenge thanks to their versatility and the schemes of head coach Sean McVay. Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 15 May 2026 Yes, the versatility of the concept aligns with the overall spirit of the campaign. Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for versatility
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Noun
  • Slot and his side has received plenty of criticism for their style of play this season because of its lack of intensity, aggression, speed and creativity in and out of possession.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • An ambitious man, always pursuing new avenues for his creativity, Powell experimented with different media (radio, film and television) at a time when not many did.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • The menu seems to change to reflect whatever inventiveness is boiling in the mind of the chef – a pea-and-squash salad, a duck-and-blueberry tart.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • More of this kind of playful inventiveness, please.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • By using the language of French wines to write about Southern food, Beard was placing the latter on the same footing that European food held in the American imagination.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • The score lacks variety but some of the staging from Michael Arden will blow many theatergoers away with its sheer ingenuity, given how this gifted director uses the soaring vertical space.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • According to the network’s description, in the special, the wildest moms on Earth prove that love, resilience and a little ingenuity can conquer just about anything.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • For her bold visual storytelling and fearless ability to flip the narrative and explore female pleasure through the female gaze with honesty, humor, and striking originality, this award goes to Vidhya Iyer.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
  • Your originality lands especially well now, and others respond to your confidence.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Individuals born with Pluto in Virgo possess sharp instincts, an eye for detail and a sorcery-like resourcefulness.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • And from a coach who was questioned over and over again as the Wolves labored through an uninspiring regular season only to conduct a master class in strategy and resourcefulness to lead his severely short-handed team to a stunning upset.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • There's also a palpable new seam of imaginativeness among residents.
    Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • Van Dyke saw his job less as someone creating CG imagery — of which there was almost none in the sequence — than as a sort of additional set decorator, adding physical elements to sell the illusion.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 May 2026

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“Versatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versatility. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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