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dexterity

[dek-ster-i-tee] / dɛkˈstɛr ɪ ti /


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They describe his "social dexterity": an ability to communicate with colleagues and the public in real life and on social media.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Early is so certain of everything he wants his debut film to be, and executes those desires with such consistent dexterity and style that watching “Maddie’s Secret” is akin to seeing someone win the lottery.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

As the Quanta X1 Pro's clothes folding demonstrated, robots still can't match human dexterity.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Some scientists believe this could eventually lead to more expressive digital instruments, smarter training tools, and even rehabilitation systems that use musical movement to improve dexterity and coordination.

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

But what sort of trap have they laid that requires such dexterity?

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

The crusty paint on ragged burlap, the blurred and bulbous shapes, can only be made to look tragic within the context of Klee's earlier dexterities.

From Time Magazine Archive

His incapacity for acquiring the dexterities by which men accommodate themselves to their neighbours' wants implied a tendency rather to under-estimate the worth, whatever it may be, of such dexterities.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

Madam," the Duke said, "let us have done with these dexterities.

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch

And here was a thing for the little dexterities of a lawyer's clerk.

From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Post, Melville Davisson

The dexterities of subtle logic rarely stir the hearts of the people, or convince them.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert




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