delicate
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And no one could question the skill and scrupulosity with which the artist rendered the delicate tones of the distant mountains, the clouds, the subtropical foliage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
This change poses a growing threat to the continent's delicate ice shelves, which line its coast and help stabilize the ice sheet.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
Such a move would buy time, but also run the risk of enraging Trump at a delicate moment in U.S.-Mexico relations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
There was never any evidence he could manage any kind of peace negotiation, especially one as delicate as this.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
Its wings too were scaled; scales so fine that delicate pink membranes shone through on the underside.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing delicate
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Bridge to Terabithia
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