poise
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Poise and power define her batting, affable reticence her private demeanour, and the occasional inability to read the room her chequered time at office.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2023
Their 2019 Poise, a Roussanne, is listed on the menu of the French Laundry in Yountville for $100 a bottle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023
Poise is Williams’s defining characteristic, and his team has come to embody it.
From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2022
She listed the following qualifications: “Background in wealth management, financial planning, or related field; other understanding of retirement systems and retirement planning - Poise in a position that faces a lot of political pressure.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 28, 2018
Those who cut such fantastic tricks before high heaven as make angels weep are men void of Sympathy and Knowledge trying to cultivate Poise.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert
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