noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
require
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Marketing social work's image requires tact and subtlety.
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The task of discovering whether an ageing individual has a drink problem requires considerable tact and sensitivity.
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It requires great tact and perseverance to make some people accept a coaching atmosphere.
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Simply to pass risks a sense of purposelessness; but the purposefulness of approach requires delicacy and tact .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Helping people who have marriage problems requires a great deal of tact and patience.
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Teresa's skills as an editor and her tact with sensitive authors were respected within the department.
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The old woman thrust a picture of a plain-looking girl into Meryl's hand. "Your granddaughter? She's lovely," said Meryl with tact .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyone else would have had tact enough to at least dress it up a little, she thought wryly.
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But few of the students were accustomed to thinking in critical terms; others, like Philip, were restrained by tact .
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But the social tact of the Masai was most impressively demonstrated by the fact that they rarely asked for anything.
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Even more important were his sensitivity, tact and diplomacy in an entirely novel situation.
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Important personal traits for funeral directors are composure, tact , and the ability to communicate easily with the public.
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Telephoning the elderly who live alone needs even more care and tact than talking with them in the course of a visit.
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They also need tact , good judgment, and the ability to establish effective personal relationships to oversee staff.
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Wullschlager tackles the crucial but opaque question of Andersen's sexuality with tact , resisting psychoanalytic facilities.