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exquisitely

[ik-skwiz-it-lee, ek-skwi-zit-lee] / ɪkˈskwɪz ɪt li, ˈɛk skwɪ zɪt li /






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Clement, so exquisitely low-key in “Flight of the Conchords,” ramps up that energy just a few clicks for a character defined in part by his passivity.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

"You're able to do two things that are normally not compatible with one another: Use entanglement to build an exquisitely sensitive sensor but also have robustness to arbitrarily large amounts of noise," Clerk said.

From Science Daily Jun. 6, 2026

And Kate Bush’s immortal 1978 single, with its swooping, operatic drama, interpretive dance–filled video and ghostly narrator only strengthened the book’s rep as a tale of exquisitely tortured love.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2026

“The transition from spouse to caregiver to caretaker is exquisitely difficult,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

The thirty-six pictures around the dial were minute and clear, the three hands and the one needle were exquisitely shaped out of some silver-gray metal, and a golden sunburst surrounded the center of the dial.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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