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"It's really good because she's so clever and has this memory - her memory is bonkers," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

After treks to downtown L.A.’s Fashion District to find just the right materials, she’ll mock up clever riffs on julienned ginger and cilantro leaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It also threads throughout a few clever nods to Bob Dylan, though how that element fits into the whole I’ve yet to fully figure out—just the kind of lingering headscratcher this festival excels at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

In a film full of contrived indignities, this is the most maddening, suggesting that anyone watching the film is no more clever than the “Fossil Fools” audience members.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the struggle, Jacob managed to drop the matchbox through the slit in his pocket—a clever bit of tradecraft, but it didn’t help.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

But Isla understands, and we understand, that whatever she doesn’t know yet, she’s cleverer than the doubters give her credit for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025

One Year 3 pupil said the library was vital because it helped him with his spelling, while another added: "When I read books, I will now know things and I'll be cleverer than everyone."

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024

"Instead it did something even cleverer — it brought together existing genes, which already do other things in different parts of the plant, to make a complicated spot on the petals that deceives male flies."

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023

“Who could say what sorts of patterns might give away users who thought they were cleverer than those watching them?”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022

“If I’d been a bit cleverer, I’d have told everyone what you are!”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

“By combining the judgment of millions of people,” he writes, “the bond market is the world’s cleverest economist, its best political analyst, its most prescient corporate strategist, and its finest scientist.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"He was the cleverest, funniest, loving person. His life has just been cut too short too soon."

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The cleverest mystery is no better than its characters and, when it’s made for the screen, the actors who play them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

They snap up the cleverest and most devious communicators to craft their messages, offering salaries no one else can afford.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024

She certainly was a lucky woman: a respected restaurateur, wife of a state official, and mother of the cleverest kid who ever lived.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin