finessing

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They’ve tested concepts on stage that haven’t worked; sometimes comedians themselves have realized their act needs more finessing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

With enough time and imagination, kickers and equipment managers are capable of finessing footballs in ways that make them soar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Mr Huxtable has also been finessing the darts of former world champion Price, from Caerphilly county, before he battled it out at the O2 on Thursday.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

The outreach requires finessing complex legal and diplomatic disputes that have long poisoned ties, but, as the court cases demonstrated, history hangs heavy over the relationship.

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023

At other stunts we find him lacking; Thus, when he met Laertes, he Did not secure a proper backing Nor nominate the referee; And, what was even worse, Did no finessing for a bigger purse.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir