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
In Kanazawa, workers dressed in full-body overalls haul large blocks of ice across the factory floor, before starting on the delicate work of carving perfect spheres, cubes and rectangular blocks with cut corners.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The BBC's review highlighted quieter songs like Imperfect For You, describing them as "delicate and gorgeous and strangely intimate in a room of 20,000 people".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
They were as white as eggshells and looked just as delicate.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing delicate
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Bridge to Terabithia
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