adept
Example Sentences
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As the war progressed, the Greek Desk became adept, if not war-altering, spies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Though “Backrooms” and Parsons are adept at creating dread and building worlds, that same principle of complexity is rarely applied to the film’s characters.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
The royals can be surprisingly adept at seeing where change is necessary and with more sustained scrutiny of their funding likely, they may need to be.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
This week heading into Thursday is printing a doji, which is adept at signaling potential trend changes from the prevailing direction.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Anyway, from my experience as a little boy at the Lansing school, I had become fairly adept at avoiding the white-girl issue—at least for a couple of years yet.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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