adept

Gould was adept of the dark arts of financial distress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Liverpool have been long-term admirers of the RB Leipzig player, who can play on both the left and right flanks and is adept with both feet.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Yet he also became extraordinarily adept at navigating and thriving within giant corporations.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

One day in 2014, Flod’s young adult nephew, adept at climbing, helped him hoist the 4-foot, about 10-pound papier-mache sculpture atop the 70-foot pillar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Mac had studied law and was adept at putting the authorities on the defensive.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

And now we know that there are two types, or at least two types, and they have this relationship as adepts and drones.

From Salon ● May 15, 2022

Literature extolling the virtues of silence has been accumulating for millennia, in Hindu and Buddhist scriptures, in sayings of Christian hermits and mystics, in teachings by modern yoga adepts and meditators.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2017

The Lioness in Winter recounts Burack-Weiss’ coming to terms with life past 70, a quest she pursued by immersing herself in the work of several old female writers she regards as adepts: May Sarton, M.F.K.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2016

She collected over four hundred alchemical, medicinal, and cosmetic recipes, and corresponded with other alchemical adepts about materials and laboratory techniques.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2015

There are a few genuine adepts present who throw themselves rapturously into the music, eyes shut, arms upraised, waiting, no doubt, for the onset of glossolalia.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich