delicate
Example Sentences
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The Fed has a delicate task ahead in the final months of Jerome Powell’s eight-year tenure as chair.
Strong "gorilla" pincers are used for picking up heavier boxes or, for more delicate items, a suction device can be used.
From BBC
So how do the thick-skinned animals with poor eyesight pull off such delicate tasks?
From Barron's
By trapping and organizing molecules, they could have increased molecular concentration, held onto useful compounds, and shielded delicate reactions from environmental changes.
From Science Daily
At last, with a delicate twist, he pulled it free.
From Literature
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