smart
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He called it a smart investment, saying: “Now it’s time to get shovels in the ground.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
"It doesn't mean that just because you're super smart that you can't be fashionable and into glamorous things as well," she adds.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
"He's a young man, he's an honest man, he's got a vision, he's smart, well-spoken, nice, kind, which is what we need," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Oura, the company behind a line of AI-infused smart rings, also walked back its IPO plans in late September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Unwilling to believe, yet smart enough not to say so, Chitto replied, “Good thinking.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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The tech expert tells the paper: "We're going to have to share the planet with something smarter than us. They're going to take over."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Facilitating smarter security cooperation between Israel and key Arab states will remain a crucial American objective, but there is another country that has a role to play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Voters are smarter than that. People in the coalition see these tactics and are tired of them too.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Years later, I’ve become a more confident cook and, I think, a smarter host.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Someone much smarter, more sophisticated, I imagine. A social butterfly, she said.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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“Donating appreciated stock is one of the smartest moves a charitably minded investor can make,” David Kassir, a managing director at Manna Wealth Management, told MarketWatch over email.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The moves rattled Silicon Valley executives and California educators who see easy access to the smartest, hardest-working people in the world as one of America’s greatest competitive advantages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
In recent months, both OpenAI and Anthropic have turned complex mathematics into an unusual form of marketing for their smartest models, trumpeting solutions to problems that had stumped humans for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
He told the court Noah was "the most intelligent human being I have ever met", while Charlie said he was "the smartest kid, always asking questions".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Who will also be the smartest bidder,” said Mr. Huxley, stroking back his slick black hair.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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Now coach Thomas Randolph is looking to utilize his athleticism and smarts as a receiver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
New Zealand's smarts initially defused the fire and fury inside the cauldron, however.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Because the generative-AI smarts will just be there, through a “Hey Siri” or a swipe down from the top, Siri AI will open the door for anyone who hasn’t bothered to download ChatGPT or Claude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Winmill said his bets rely on smarts at the tops of companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
You needed a good roll of the dice, a lucky draw of the cards, and some smarts, but if things went your way and you gave it your all, anyone could win.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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"The media world is unrecognisable from the one he stepped into seventy years ago and the decision to scrap plans to reunite his empire must have smarted."
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2023
There was much speculation about his state of mind, whether the scars of the first defeat still smarted.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2023
It must have smarted that he was the only one of the "I Love Lucy" four principals not nominated for an acting Emmy for the show.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
When such flourishes distressed Obama advisers, Mr. Biden — who had been his own boss for decades — smarted at having his political intuition questioned or overruled, former aides say.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Cora sat in the front of the class nowadays, and when Georgina corrected her—on her penmanship or arithmetic or speech—she no longer smarted.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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But many businesses—some still smarting from being late to the AI boom—are spending big on the technology today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Drake is smarting, and he spreads that hurt across more than an hour in the trilogy’s marquee album “Iceman.”
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
England, without a Six Nations title since 2020, will now face a Scotland side smarting from an 18-15 opening loss to Italy in Rome.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
He is still smarting about the Dodgers’ response, adding “people are still talking about all of that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
So, still smarting from my perceived humiliation, I brought in the paper to show the teacher.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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