dexterous

Example Sentences

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Nuts require dexterous hands to handle and access.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

“It’s an incredibly difficult thing, especially to create a hand that is as dexterous and capable as the human hand,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk during an October earnings call.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 27, 2025

Someday they could, in theory, pick up a welder or a grinding tool, but making them dexterous enough is a huge challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

"If we need to change a component or clean a solar panel, we could do that robotically," says Dr Shaun Azimi, lead of the dexterous robotics team at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Texas.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

I lifted my foot and opened the book with it, using my dexterous toes to turn the pages until I got to page twenty-three.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling