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• He also is thought to have the right mindset to get better and be great at every facet of the game.
  — Jimmy Price, Chron, 11 Nov. 2021
• Desi Lee may be great at the whole school thing, but her dating game needs some serious work.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 14 Sep. 2022
• An expansion of that scene in the original movie where a Black woman is shown to be great at baseball.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2020
• Even though palms may not be great at carbon sequestration, chopping them down isn't the answer.
  — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 23 Oct. 2021
• And some, ideally, will be great at responding to variants that don’t even exist yet.
  — Wired, 28 July 2022
• But so many of us Black men are functioning off this innate gift, this natural ability to be great at it.
  — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 June 2021
• Pixsy has created a map with some of the best stargazing locations around the world, as well as tips on how to be great at astrophotography.
  — Layla McMurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2022
• Bad news for any sport conducted outside, because unless Nepartak veers course, the great outdoors won’t be great at all.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 25 July 2021
• It should be pointed out, though, that while the CPU is shaping up to be great at gaming, content creation performance might not yield the same benefits.
  — Antony Leather, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• Kristos might not be great at socializing but is an extremely mature boy for his age.
  — Anna Tatarska, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022
• Lillard should still be great at that age, but inevitably, there will come a day when his price tag and diminishing talents will become detrimental to the franchise if the Blazers clearly have no chance to contend with him on the roster.
  — oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2020
• And even if the jokes are somehow grade-A stand-up material, there’s still the matter of them being delivered by actors who may be great at comedy within scenes, but not at the specific demands of standing at the mic.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2021
• According to Bixler, the reference platform also helps level the playing field for job candidates who are very hard workers but who might not be great at interviewing.
  — Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• This ingredient is a mixture of magnesium oxide and carbon dioxide that proved to be great at soaking up oils and blurring pores, similarly to a powder.
  — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 4 Oct. 2022
• Seattle might not be great at cornerback, but free safety Quandre Diggs had five picks in 2020, and middle linebacker Bobby Wagner is as savvy and as instinctive as he’s ever been.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2021
• Today’s first-level leaders are required to be great at translating strategy, setting context, creating culture, inspiring their teams and looking after their well-being, managing the varying social and political differences on the team and so forth.
  — Paul Walker, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024