dab hand

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dab hand In addition to the outfits of the characters in her famous self-portraits, American artist Cindy Sherman is also a dab hand at finds for herself. Lily Templeton, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 All of which curious George, a dab hand at psychological manipulation, coaxes along with the gentlest of nudges. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025 In addition to the outfits of the characters in her famous self-portraits, American artist Cindy Sherman is also a dab hand at finds for herself. Lily Templeton, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 Van Norden, a dab hand with Shakespeare, is a natural for Shaw. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024 Benedict, meanwhile, is an expert colorist, a dab hand with print who knows all about decorative drama. Grace McCloud, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023 Zach is a dab hand at herbal knockout potions and the occasional amateur amputation, and there’s a scene featuring the latter in which Wheatley indulges his twin tastes for deadpan comedy and head-on gross-outs to the extreme. BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2021 Sarah, a dab hand at deflecting sexism and maintaining her professional composure, takes the microphone and expresses her excitement at being on board. Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020 That, perhaps, is a little less in the bag, but the Kremlin’s operatives are dab hands at suppressing protests and neutering the press. The Economist, 12 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dab hand
Noun
  • As content generated by artificial intelligence becomes more common, experts warn that tactics for spreading misinformation are only going to get more sophisticated—and harder to catch.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 9 July 2025
  • Brighton and Hove Albion have become experts at it.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Moore connected with Fiorito, then an Arizona State University master of fine arts student, in 2004.
    Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
  • Prior to running The Pitt's emergency department like a pro, the master was just a med student on ER.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • In addition to being a Sachs scholar, she was named a Gates Scholarship winner — a prestigious award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 12 July 2025
  • Robert Osborn, an early thinker on lawn tennis, was also a religious scholar.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • The digital adept also had a nearly eight-year stretch at Teen Vogue.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Could these wizards find a way to dump Zeke Nnaji’s contract, too?
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
  • The wizard will check whether your PC meets the requirements which are not, of course, the same as those needed to upgrade to Windows 11.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Now, his granddaughter Isca Greenfield-Sanders has curated a retrospective in New York City that brings light to the artist's work.
    David Morgan July 11, CBS News, 11 July 2025
  • For more information on the new duet's artists, visit MirandaLambert.com and ChrisStapleton.com.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps the most systematic attempt to bring order to this chaos comes from Google DeepMind, which in July 2024 proposed a framework with five levels of AGI performance: emerging, competent, expert, virtuoso, and superhuman.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025
  • Even with Caitlin Clark once again sidelined, the Fever have been able to count on the virtuoso scoring talent of Kelsey Mitchell and the veteran expertise of Natasha Howard to help stabilize them.
    Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • The mobile network carriers were also excited by the Moto X, though at least partly for self-serving reasons, according to Randall, the supply chain guru.
    Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
  • After that, our Senior Beauty Editor Akili King hosted a panel with beauty gurus Amber Nicole, Princess Rese, and Kristen Noel Crawley about representation and the definition of beauty.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 5 July 2025

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“Dab hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dab%20hand. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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