delicacy
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Over a dinner of noodles made from fish and sweet-potato powder, a local delicacy, my grandfather’s aged cousin raised a glass of homemade rice wine to me: “Come home often.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
She retains the delicacy of the instrumentation, but introduces a gorgeous complexity that, in someone else’s hands, would be too much, but here, simply enhances the vocal delivery.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
Characters state the obvious and the dialogue has the delicacy of a sledgehammer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
And the creator of the video is not known for his delicacy or tact.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026
Minerva thinks they’ve been assigned to us to impress the OAS with the prison system’s delicacy towards women prisoners.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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Power Suffix: -acy
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