deft

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That’s partly because of the Franco-Malagasy artist’s deft oil-painting technique, which is as classical as her outlook is contemporary.

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They sculpt believable, identifiable characters with a few deft strokes of dialogue, which not only permits us to empathize with them but gives the cast a boost in making them all into fully formed, three-dimensional human beings.

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Bolsonaro is not going to change — no one expects him to suddenly become a deft manager of the pandemic — but circumstances around him might.

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As with the Fiat 500X, the high seating and deft placement of side pillars help with driver visibility.

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In deft transitions, each monologue bleeds into the next — a subtle but potent choice that literalizes the conversation the play hopes to facilitate.

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The “domestic battery” sentence above works well here, transforming from serious to silly with some deft wordplay.

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Freed from locomotion, our arms and hands could become defter at creating and manipulating tools.

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Moss has a deft hand with the stream-of-consciousness format through which she presents each character, from a mother sneaking out for a dawn run to a teen escaping his family with some alone time on a kayak.

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I scream to my silent squadmates when the shot connects, leaving only a shower of sparks and debris as evidence of my deft maneuver.

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With a deft movement the conductor unhooks the board, and calmly walks away with it under his arm.

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