tactfully
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The heat-shield discussion, tactfully put aside during the flight, has now resumed thanks to CBS News and others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
By tactfully building connections before you make your move, you’ll ease your transition into a new field and avoid the career gridlock that often comes from trying to navigate change alone.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025
She also tactfully chastised our city’s many social justice advocacy groups for staying silent about this racially aimed crime spree.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023
“That’s easy,” Reigns said, tactfully aware of the current storyline and respectful of the past one.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2023
The bottom line was, as Jo Ann Robinson tactfully put it, that “opinions differed where Claudette was concerned.”
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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