delicate
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Quantum systems are much harder to protect because the information they use is extraordinarily delicate.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s a delicate balance that demands focus and connection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bean impressively captures Wanda’s determined grind, but it’s Asante Blackk’s delicate combination of anxiety and ambition as her cousin Lamar, a musical prodigy, that locked me in to the first episode.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The approval of the plans by Volkswagen's supervisory board, made up of both labour and shareholder representatives, marks progress in delicate negotiations between the two sides.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
He took out a camel-hair brush, an exquisitely delicate tool, and brushed granite powder over the glass.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing delicate
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Bridge to Terabithia
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