clever
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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
“So it’s kind of a long shot. But it is a clever ad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The minutiae are the key to freeing oneself from Mungiu’s clever trap.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
After turning sharply, he played a clever through-ball for Marmoush running in behind.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was no ordinary coop, mind you, for the clever doctor had designed and built it himself.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
When asked 'are you worried that Chris Sutton is cleverer than you?'
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
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
"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
They might be cleverer than she was, or more sophisticated, and they were sure to know a lot more than she did about all the things that were important to girls of their age.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
“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
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
Another says Reeves "is normally the cleverest person in the room", and that she does not blag.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024
The cleverest element is found at the bottom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
“Well, of course. Who’s the cleverest baby in Africa? Who’s got the cutest little button nose?”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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