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Jeremy Korst, a partner with the AI advisory-consulting firm Mindspan Labs, says that smaller companies have been the most nimble with agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
It also had a slick five-speed manual transmission, peppy engine and nimble steering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
How long that lasts, however, is anyone’s guess, and a Fed that’s preparing to define itself on being quiet and nimble might find it tricky to tamp down inflation expectations if the agreement falls through.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Others say Japan needs more than larger budgets, updated strategy documents or deterrence, especially against China, and point to bolder reforms to make its forces more nimble and adaptable.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
I am still not the nimble Jenna Fox on the disc.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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But Austrian startup CycloTech says it can make aircraft even nimbler with its motors -- shaped like an open cylinder with the sides made up of several wing-shaped blades.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Critics worry that the quieter, nimbler drones will be used to surveil the public with little oversight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Even before this conflict, the Trump administration has shown interest in newer, nimbler defense technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Cars will be smaller, nimbler and more environmentally friendly.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Dustfinger had always been proud of his own agility, but the boy was far nimbler, fast as a deer and with legs just as agile.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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And his vocal runs in a song like “Keith Whitley,” titled after the late country singer, have an appealing gruffness even at their nimblest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
It is her nimblest album yet, though it has not sacrificed her signature, surrealist undertow.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
Gardner has long been considered both one of the nimblest Republican politicians and also one of the most vulnerable.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
Our sophisticated global production network—allegedly the nimblest, most efficient supply system in the world—seems unable to make basic adjustments.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020
Rajesh had once been the most promising of the brothers—the nimblest, the supplest, the most charismatic, the most energetic, the most beloved and idolized by my father and his family.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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