adeptly

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The closing title short story, “The Land of Sweet Forever,” adeptly merges locations and themes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

The best netting technique, as adeptly demonstrated by volunteer Ellen Steel, features a last-minute flick of the wrist to wrap the net over a butterfly’s frame, trapping it safely inside.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

If the technique can be made to work in other biohybrids, it could help these machines maneuver more adeptly for search and rescue operations or exploring inhospitable deep-sea environments.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 26, 2024

Today I’m updating our California Reading List, a project of this newsletter that’s intended to guide anyone looking to learn more about the Golden State through adeptly written prose.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Meanwhile Klenam and I made the fufu, me pounding the steaming plantain and cassava together in the large wooden mortar while she turned and shaped the blended mass adeptly between each stroke of the pestle.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo