dextrous
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Chinese firms Unitree and AgiBot aim to again wow spectators with their dextrous humanoid robots, while European start-ups including Genesis and PAL Robotics will also be on show.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
It already bore the hallmarks of her best work: Rhythmically and lyrically dextrous, and chock full of personality.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
This may also explain why other animals with trunks, such as tapirs, never developed such dextrous trunks as elephants, as they never moved into open lands.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
Next came Bing, Microsoft's search engine updated with a similarly dextrous chatbot, which can answer queries where no obvious result existed online -- like what car seat to buy for a particular model vehicle.
From Reuters ● May 10, 2023
In the days of our friend John Gerarde, the beloved old herbalist, there was no fixed botanical nomenclature; but he scarcely needed botanical terms, for he had a most felicitous and dextrous use of words.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle
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