intelligent
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“He’s a very important player for us and he’s a very intelligent guy. But he’s 19 years old and we have to calm him down at certain moments of the game.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Natalie was described "a gentle and thoughtful young woman" who enjoyed reading and was "fiercely intelligent".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Brendan Burke, research director at Futurum Equities, believes the rapid adoption of Chinese open-weight models “substantiates demand for intelligent reasoning and will encourage hyperscalers to continue investing in frontier capabilities.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
"The brain somehow makes us intelligent," Kerstjens says.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
If guinea fowl had been slightly more intelligent, it wouldn’t have worked, but fortunately they were as dull-witted as earthworms.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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