finesse
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Whatever the risks of his speechifying, you had to admire — here in our age of political infotainment — the natural finesse with which Springsteen threaded his prepared rhetoric into Tuesday’s set.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
In the second cast, Christine Shevchenko fell far short of Ms. Teuscher’s finesse, but she essayed the opening “Preghiera” movement with more of its requisite lilt and shimmer than Ms. Teuscher did.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
We've picked power hitters in finesse type conditions.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
In their briefings, government lawyers finesse a sanitized version into a clean narrative of law-abiding responsibility.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2026
I tell Jack that finesse is not a concept that agrees with him.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing finesse
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