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adept

[uh-dept, ad-ept, uh-dept] / əˈdɛpt, ˈæd ɛpt, əˈdɛpt /


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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

Cuban spies have been adept at recruiting American officials, turning some into moles who handed over secrets for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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

The warning comes weeks after AI company Anthropic cautioned that its yet-to-be-released "Mythos" model was incredibly adept at finding and exploiting such weaknesses.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

She liked having a glass-half-full outlook and was adept at putting a good face on things.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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