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In a clip on his personal TikTok, Burnham, thanks to clever editing, appears to toss up a mortarboard hat and catch a builder's helmet, as he promotes technical education.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

But it’s their journey and all the bizarre autocratic municipal rules they have to dance around that make “One Night Only” a clever, peculiar and head-scratching standout from the rom-com crowd.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

This clever tale is most satisfying when Ms. McTiernan brings that painful conundrum to life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Prosecuting, Gordon Menzies said: "It's reasonably practicable for clever people to do a simple thing and design a window that doesn't fall out once every year."

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

A clever ploy to steal a moment alone?

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

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

“You are much the cleverer of the two,” she tells Sheila, “and because of that I prophesy that you will be the one to give in.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022

“He’s a lot cleverer than we thought,” he observed.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

One night, the five decide to bestow their honorific on Ticky, whom they consider “the cleverest of us all because you can tell the exact time without looking at a clock.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Roy Hattersley, who has died at the age of 93, was one of Labour's cleverest and most articulate post war politicians.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Ally and Jay’s rom-com caricature is the cleverest subplot in the movie — the pair are heightened Hallmark Channel ingenues who like fiddly coffee orders, coordinated plaids and the same shade of taupe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 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