clever
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I thought this costume was funny, clever, appropriating and reclaiming the narrative that haunted me all my life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The phrases to know so you sound clever during Fat Bear Week.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The minutiae are the key to freeing oneself from Mungiu’s clever trap.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
When this happens, space opens up in front of the defence, for late-arriving midfielders or clever strikers that drop back.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
They thought they were being clever with their name.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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
"And as AI progresses, the robots can be cleverer and cleverer."
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 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
At university, where Robbie discovered that he was cleverer than many of the people he met, his liberation was complete.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
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
The cleverest element is found at the bottom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
“You’re the cleverest witch of your age I’ve ever met, Hermione.”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing clever
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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