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tactful

[takt-fuhl] / ˈtækt fəl /


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He has found a way to be both tactful and transgressive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

If I’m misreading the situation and you do really like him and want to address this, there are tactful ways to do so.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025

It plans to do this through networking, or linking physical quantum systems together, rather than piling more qubits onto a chip—a tactful approach, seeing as a higher number of qubits typically correlates to more errors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

I want to say this in a very tactful way, but the risk of doing this kind of show is that there is a point, I believe, of diminishing returns when we talk about food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Dad is not so tactful and grimaces at the meal.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard


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