tact

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Edwards-Jones’ journalism background shows up — it’s well researched and presented with tact.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

The conservative commentator pushed back against the tact taken by the Trump administration.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

What distinguishes Mr. Zipperstein’s volume—composed with the tact of a historian who has read the archives and the novels with equal care—is how deliberately it resists the temptations that have undone earlier efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

But this tact has landed her in hot water, not only with her opponents, but also in her home province of Alberta and with politicians who otherwise share her political leanings.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

“Having seen General Groves briefly, I doubted whether he had sufficient tact for such a job,” he wrote.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik