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finessing

VERB

maneuver, manipulate

Synonyms

STRONG

angle bluff exploit jockey play rig wangle

WEAK

beguile finagle operate play games pull strings pull wires

Antonyms

WEAK

bobble mishandle

Example Sentences

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They spend their summers on this 140m stretch, finessing their starts and building their bodies in the gym for the winters ahead.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

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

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

There is no leveraging, cajoling, or finessing the calculations of thrust, the pressure inside the cryogenic tanks, or the behavior of a 165-foot-long spaceship attempting a rocket-powered landing.

From National Geographic • Nov. 18, 2023

If A did not know that Z held the king, he ought yet to play the queen third in hand, on the chance that Z held the king; this would be finessing the queen.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis