intelligent
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"She is fiercely intelligent but most importantly she is just a thoroughly decent human being full of integrity and respected right across the Parliament and from everyone who comes into contact with her", he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Fairchilds said Jeffrey, who would be 57 in December, was intelligent, well-read and had a great sense of humor, with a passion for creative writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
New research from LMU suggests that people make a clear distinction between displaying intelligent behavior and possessing a conscious mind, even when humans and AI act in precisely the same way.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
For an intelligent man and fluent historian, this spite work on the royals—for that is it what it is—is written with all the subtlety of a rabid corgi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Somewhere along the way she'd got the idea that broke people led richer lives than everybody else, that they were nobler or more intelligent.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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