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dexterity

[dek-ster-i-tee] / dɛkˈstɛr ɪ ti /


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In Schoenbrun’s debut novel, “Public Access Afterworld,” the filmmaker takes a sizable risk, stripping away the meticulously crafted onscreen worlds to assert the dexterity of their prose.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Perhaps the biggest unsolved problem is recreating the dexterity of human hands with high-precision sensors and motors, a shortfall that was on full display when the robot loaded my dishwasher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

During pregnancy, my symptoms largely disappeared, my walking improved as did my dexterity in typing and writing.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Even Gen. Munir’s critics must acknowledge his diplomatic dexterity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Two blades were difficult for him; he favored his right and had little dexterity with his left.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The crusty paint on ragged burlap, the blurred and bulbous shapes, can only be made to look tragic within the context of Klee's earlier dexterities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Works of J. Linnell and S. Palmer.of study, yet unappreciated by the public, because what they do is unrecommended by dexterities of handling.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by John Ruskin

Nothing more salutary for Irene Derwent than this sojourn with persons whom she in every way respected—with whom there was not the least temptation to exhibit her mere dexterities.

From The Crown of Life by George Gissing

And so, by a pretty rapid evolution, the dexterities which the boxing glove and the Queensberry rules were supposed to substitute for the old brutalities of Sayers and Heenan were really abolished by them.

From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Bernard Shaw

In all the feats and dexterities of the swimmer’s art, Eiulo far outdid the rest of us, moving through the water with the ease, rapidity, and gracefulness of a fish.

From The Island Home by Dalziel


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