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Since bunting has practically become a taboo, however, adept bunters fit comfortably in the Rays’ budget, which ranks 27th among MLB’s 30 franchises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Players adept at challenges need to tap their helmets more often: Each team starts the game with two challenges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“The justice often publicly portrayed as unyielding and inflexible is, behind the scenes, the conservative who is uniquely adept at finding common ground on the most divisive issues.”

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Law students educated in this way will be grounded in ethical and principled reasoning and adept at navigating an era when AI tools stand to shape changes in the practice of their profession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Joan took Spanish and German in high school and was adept in both, “Industry!”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

But if even adepts feel that way, why do these true crime mavens continue to dedicate hours dutifully trying to crack mysteries with methods they know are imperfect?

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020

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

Taking a more mystical turn are adepts of another doctrine: the strong anthropic principle.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 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