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 their briefings, government lawyers finesse a sanitized version into a clean narrative of law-abiding responsibility.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2026
Winter salads demand a little more finesse than their warm-weather counterparts, but the effort is worth it.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
I cannot see Borthwick consistently going with that much power on the bench, because when you are playing against better sides, you need that experience, power, skill, and finesse from the start of the game.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
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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