| 2025-12-10 | Sensitivity |
| 2025-10-28 | Diplomat's skill |
| 2025-09-17 | Knowing what not to say, say |
| 2025-02-27 | Delicacy |
| 2024-03-18 | Delicate use of words |
| 2024-01-21 | Sensitivity |
| 2024-01-15 | Diplomat's skill |
| 2023-05-29 | Good skill for a diplomat |
| 2023-03-24 | Delicacy |
| 2023-03-20 | Important skill in an awkward interaction |
| 2023-02-26 | Arbitrator's asset |
| 2022-12-09 | Keeping quiet at the right time, say |
| 2022-08-24 | Discretion |
| 2022-05-19 | It's said to be "the art of recognizing when to be big and when not to belittle" |
| 2021-12-13 | What you may use when turning down an invitation |
| 2021-05-27 | It's been called "the art of making a point without making an enemy" |
| 2020-12-19 | Delicate touch |
| 2019-06-07 | Delicacy |
| 2019-06-02 | Careful word choice, maybe |
| 2019-04-10 | Diplomacy |
| 2019-02-25 | "The ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes," per Harry Truman |
| 2019-01-10 | Savoir-faire |
| 2018-11-06 | Phrasing so as not to offend, say |
| 2018-08-13 | Diplomat's forte |
| 2018-01-23 | Diplomat's skill |
| 2017-08-16 | Asset for a press secretary |
| 2017-05-09 | Social adroitness |
| 2017-03-23 | "It is ___ that is golden, not silence": Samuel Butler |
| 2017-02-03 | Lout's lack |
| 2016-11-12 | "The art of making a point without making an enemy" |
| 2016-07-24 | Politician's asset |
| 2016-02-13 | "The ability to describe others as they see themselves," per Lincoln |
| 2015-09-06 | It "teaches you when to be silent," per Disraeli |
| 2015-06-21 | What might be revealed in silence |
| 2015-04-26 | Boor's lack |
| 2015-02-17 | Diplomacy |
| 2014-03-10 | Skill needed when being asked "Does this dress make me look fat?" |
| 2013-12-05 | Call or email |
| 2013-11-17 | Savoir-faire |
| 2012-09-16 | Careful wording, maybe |
| 2012-02-05 | "___ teaches you when to be silent": Disraeli |
| 2011-06-08 | Careful phrasing, perhaps |
| 2010-09-14 | Ambassador's asset |
| 2010-08-02 | Saying "I'm not sure that dress looks perfect on you," e.g. |
| 2010-05-22 | Mediation asset |
| 2010-03-10 | Skill not displayed by asking "Have you put on weight?" |
| 2009-08-25 | What it takes not to say "I see you've put on a little weight" |
| 2008-10-14 | Asset in answering the question "Does this dress make me look fat?" |
| 2008-06-29 | "___ teaches you when to be silent": Disraeli |
| 2008-06-25 | Mediator's skill |
| 2008-03-12 | Churls lack it |
| 2008-02-12 | Ambassador's forte |
| 2007-05-08 | Diplomacy |
| 2007-03-18 | "The ability to describe others as they see themselves": Lincoln |
| 2007-01-06 | Poise |
| 2006-07-25 | Diplomat's forte |
| 2006-07-03 | What it may take to answer the question "Does this make me look fat?" |
| 2006-03-15 | Diplomacy |
| 2005-12-11 | Delicacy |
| 2005-08-19 | Opposite of gaucheness |
| 2005-04-18 | Savoir-faire |
| 2005-04-10 | Delicateness |
| 2005-01-18 | Diplomat's asset |
| 2003-11-11 | Diplomat's asset |
| 2003-09-14 | Social skill |
| 2003-06-26 | Delicacy at a state dinner? |
| 2003-05-21 | Diplomat's asset |
| 2003-01-23 | Public relations need |
| 2002-11-10 | Remaining silent, sometimes |
| 2002-09-15 | Yahoos lack it |
| 2002-07-10 | Boor's lack |
| 2002-05-23 | Oafs lack it |
| 2002-04-22 | Diplomacy |
| 2002-03-18 | Discretion |
| 2002-03-08 | Good host's gift |
| 2001-10-18 | Social grace |
| 2001-10-14 | Sign of refinement |
| 2000-10-25 | Savoir-faire |
| 2000-08-06 | Playing to someone's vanity, maybe |
| 2000-07-20 | Mediator's skill |
| 2000-06-17 | Delicacy |
| 2000-01-06 | Knowing when to be silent, e.g. |
| 1999-10-10 | Diplomatic trait |
| 1999-07-19 | Delicate use of words |
| 1998-11-01 | Certain grace |
| 1998-09-28 | Diplomat's forte |
| 1998-09-16 | Social asset |
| 1998-08-21 | Mediator's skill |
| 1998-06-12 | Remaining silent, at times |
| 1997-09-13 | Peacekeeping skill |
| 1997-04-30 | Mediator's skill |
| 1997-04-08 | Savoir-faire |
| 1996-12-17 | Diplomat's skill |
| 1996-10-12 | Miss Manners subject |
| 1996-09-03 | Diplomat's specialty |
| 1996-02-03 | Sensitivity |
| 1996-01-24 | Savior-faire |
| 1996-01-21 | Diplomacy |
| 1995-08-13 | White lie, perhaps |
| 1994-08-24 | Way with words |
| 1994-07-09 | Way with words |