skillful
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"The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Still, Cora remains widely-admired around the game, considered skillful at handling fickle modern players.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
In Renaissance England, skillful surgeons and herb-dispensing healers competed with charlatan doctors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
“He emphasized materials in a very skillful way. His lighting creates spatial depth. You get a different idea of what the architecture consists of.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
No one had ever had such a friend—so affectionate, so loyal, and so skillful.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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