agile

Example Sentences

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The late Ali Larijani, the agile, well-traveled secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, may prove impossible to replace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He will need time to consolidate his power, as even his bureaucratically agile father took several years to establish his political hegemony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Those changes have turned the company into a “more agile, more disciplined, and more accountable organization,” he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Some were injured - not everyone was young or agile - but there was no alternative.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

“You’ll never call me. You don’t realize how agile an illegal escaped Nexus-6 is, how impossible it’ll be for you. We feel we owe you this because of—you know. What we did.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick