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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

Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana was more tactful in his response to the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2024

It took a lot of tactful correspondence before Kepler was able to soothe Tycho’s offended feelings and restore friendly relations with the great astronomer.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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