deft
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Within those decades, there wasn’t just deft marketing campaigns and organic interest growth that raised American pistachio’s profile — there was punitive foreign policy on the world’s then-top pistachio producer.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
What I missed amid the novel’s deft personality critiques was precisely what Laura sees in her friends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Both helped create a try with a deft chip over Ireland's rush defence.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
He praises the "deft deployment of slightly risque jokes" as well as a Bridgerton spoof starring Miss Piggy, saying it's a "return to basics, and all the more joyous for it".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
The greatest American scientist, the most deft diplomat, the most accomplished prose stylist, the sharpest wit, Franklin defied all the categories by inhabiting them all with such distinction and nonchalant grace.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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