1
as in prowess
mental skill or quickness
shows a remarkable adroitness in identifying birds the moment they land at the feeder
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as in skill
subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something
with the adroitness of a magician, she twisted the balloons into the shape of a monkey
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As for Rodriguez, many sports fans know him due to his prowess on the baseball field.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025 -
For all her prowess, Yeoh hasn’t been able to make the character Philippa Georgiou work.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Each new hunt throws a curveball to keep things challenging while teaching you basic controls and combat skills.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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During a short but very memorable run on The Traitors season 3, Bob the Drag Queen unexpectedly opened the library to read Zac Efron's acting skills, and now the RuPaul's Drag Race star is opening the film archive to explain why.—
Jillian Sederholm,
EW.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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While moving Chisolm back to second would seem to be an improvement, the problem is not as much his fielding ability as his availability.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Investors looking for attractive stock picks should focus on the ability of a company to navigate ongoing uncertainties and deliver strong returns over the long term.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2025
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Continuing its tradition of highlighting dynamic emerging talent, GloRilla, fresh off the success of her album Glorious, will bring her high-energy to Philadelphia.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
17 Feb. 2025
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Keep all of the best goodies off limits, on the other hand, and the Leafs will be limited to acquiring the same kind of marginal talent — third- and fourth-liners, third-pairing defencemen — as last spring.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The 4-point line returns to the game for another year in the building where Stephen Curry revolutionized the NBA with his shooting proficiency from deep.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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Overall reading and math proficiencies derived from NAEP show Illinois 4th and 8th grade students were either the same or down compared to pre-covid 2019, according to Wirepoints’ analysis.—
Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributor,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
1 Feb. 2025
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In 1966, at the height of the Vietnam War, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara instituted Project 100,000, in which recruits whose aptitude had been determined to be too low to serve in the military would be admitted and sent to fight.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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But the aptitude, not to mention attitude, starts with the teaching and tone set by a one-of-a-kind force.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
2 Feb. 2025
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Both, Jones said, are generally intended for gamers who may lack the dexterity for prolonged button presses and the like.—
Steven Aquino,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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Unreal dexterity and reflexes caught my eye and the puck just glues to his stick on first touch.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Regrettably, that finesse falls away as the season progresses, jumping between two timelines: Before and after Bradford’s death.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The same goes for relationships—your words and actions should have that same finesse.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Adroitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adroitness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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