cleverest
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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
A self-described “millennial comedian,” Morrison doesn’t strike me as the cleverest crafter of jokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
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
Charming, brilliant and arrogant in equal measure, he was famously described at school as "the cleverest young man in England".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024
The fight infantry were the most active and cleverest men in each regiment.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
