adept

The products of similar training programs, both men were Persian speakers adept at shaking off Iranian surveillance teams in the labyrinth of Tehran’s backstreets and alleyways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Arsenal headed into the window with a clear remit of ensuring the club become more sustainable and adept at trading.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Our field needs to recognize the importance of and invest in more health communicators, behavioral scientists, and adept practitioners who understand that being right is only part of the task.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

The narwhals, on the other hand, proved themselves adept scientists.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Fortunately, Penkovsky proved more adept than the Americans at finding a way to communicate with the West.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

To borrow from “The Big Lebowski,” another cult classic passed around by DVD-owning adepts, say what you will about moron-maxxing, at least it’s an ethos.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

As McKenna told me, western seekers were eager to believe that eastern adepts had supernatural abilities.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 24, 2019

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

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