finessing

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With enough time and imagination, kickers and equipment managers are capable of finessing footballs in ways that make them soar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

However, the committee said it welcomed the break away from aligning the minimum wage with the living wage, and recommended "further finessing of the policy application to further help business, and support jobs".

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

The outreach requires finessing complex legal and diplomatic disputes that have long poisoned ties, but, as the court cases demonstrated, history hangs heavy over the relationship.

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023

There is no leveraging, cajoling, or finessing the calculations of thrust, the pressure inside the cryogenic tanks, or the behavior of a 165-foot-long spaceship attempting a rocket-powered landing.

From National Geographic • Nov. 18, 2023

That desire was the one real and substantial thing in a somewhat superficial, egotistic, and finessing character.

From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider