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 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

But the showmanship only works as well as it does because the actors are so adept at tracking the chess moves of characters who are always trying to stay one step ahead of danger.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

It was a fatiguing effort, but on the date set for the ceremony the child was as adept in the ways of the world as any of her sisters.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez