finesse

In each locale, O’Keeffe’s palette and even the vibrancy of her works changed, and in each one her abiding originality, power and finesse as an artist are unmistakable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It snatches at our attention with no more finesse than a losing fighter fumbling for a weapon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Against Cape Verde, Spain lacked finesse in their passing.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

A hodgepodge of live cuts, outtakes, British LP tracks and singles, this album shows the Stones rapidly gaining confidence and playing with equal parts finesse and fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Kids today. They just don’t understand the finesse of trash talking, Kevin.”

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

Soft and supple, it finesses the line between elegance and heft.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021

The computers say the mate is now forced but there are a couple of amazing finesses along the way.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2019

Grant attempts two tricky maneuvers with “Harpoon” and, for the most part, finesses them both.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2019

Now it would have required double-dummy play to get home by drawing trumps and taking two diamond finesses through East.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2013

Hoagland would say that now was the time for playing certain finesses, that in the wake of the activity arose those moments that could be manipulated.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Berkshire does own about $60 billion of Apple stock, but that issue likely could be finessed to get Cook.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

But Rutte appears to have finessed an issue that had threatened to shatter the north Atlantic alliance.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

Many California hotels have finessed the issue by restricting children’s access without banning them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

It’s a mammalian innovation, honed and finessed in the latter stages of the Mesozoic era, the so-called Age of Reptiles.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024

UC Berkeley’s medical school would not get over its disdain for John’s studies for years, until the situation was finessed by the creation of a separate laboratory for radiation science in 1942.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

And there are some feelings about this show’s return that no amount of script finessing can alter.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

He won the bid on the basis of completing the project in three days but then spent three months finessing the terms of the contract before subcontracting the job.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

They’ve tested concepts on stage that haven’t worked; sometimes comedians themselves have realized their act needs more finessing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

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

The truth is, Pope practised on this, as on other occasions, a little finessing, which is the chief foible in his character.

From Biographical Essays by Thomas De Quincey