nimble
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The new cars are lighter, smaller, and more nimble.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Melissa Grant, Carafem’s chief operations officer, said the past few years of chaos in U.S. abortion regulations prepared the organization to be nimble when the need arose.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
In 1970, he bought the Channel 17 television station in Atlanta, competing with local network affiliates by airing old movies whose rights were affordable and picking up programming dropped by the less nimble competition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Sloan’s bestselling management memoir, “My Years with General Motors,” seems increasingly removed from today’s more nimble project-based firms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
“Me too,” I say, and I think of my nimble sister racing through the brush, always just out of my reach.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
Vocabulary lists containing nimble
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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