skillful
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In Renaissance England, skillful surgeons and herb-dispensing healers competed with charlatan doctors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Drew Sensue-Weinstein’s sound design, which included adroit use of reverb on voices and instruments, dovetailed with Gabriel Crouch’s skillful conducting, which brought out the score’s transparent, early music-style radiance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
But then the latter's skillful knack of snaffling wickets came to the fore as he bagged two of Australia's dogged top order.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
Martin cites Timothée Chalamet’s orange-hued campaign for “Marty Supreme” as a particularly skillful deployment of the trend.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
But the spread of any new and contagious ideology also has a lot to do with the skillful use of group power.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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