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smart

[smahrt] / smɑrt /






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This week at the international home appliance exhibition IFA 2026 in Berlin, appliance maker Miele unveiled a smart dishwasher.

From Slate Sep. 14, 2026

The FBI warns investors about the methods scammers use to huckster successful, smart people.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

So the smart money was on a tight contest.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Sam Buckner III and Charlie T. Savage’s smart and surprising screenplay is crowded with scenes that let its cast shine.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

“I meant to make you feel bad when I said you were only smart about school, too,” she admits.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Two employees from Anthropic's safety team have resigned in the last two weeks, external saying humanity may not survive the race among AI companies to develop machines that are smarter than humans.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

For the immediate problem — an MRI I need, with my insurance coverage in limbo — is there a smarter move than either paying cash or waiting for an insurer?

From MarketWatch Sep. 12, 2026

Maybe someone smarter or more charismatic than Erika Kirk would have been able to navigate these contradictions.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

So while the Model Y is a better machine in many ways—stronger, lighter, smarter, more efficient—the question is, is it enough?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

“It’s also where my mother works. And she’s been so proud of the smarter version of me....”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

“He might be one of the smartest rookies I’ve ever seen,” Pipkins said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

"He was the smartest man I have ever known but I know in my heart his inability to read probably kept him from fulfilling all of his dreams," Dolly wrote.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Making it seem as though there is no way that the former governor of California could do this because not even the smartest professor at Yale Law School can do this.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

At another, President Trump tells Dr. Fauci, “Lou Dobbs . . . told me that you were one of the smartest, knowledgeable and outstanding persons he knows.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

“I may not be the smartest guy, but you don’t have to call me unremarkable!”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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

Americans are abandoning the belief that smarts and effort are the best ways to get ahead in life, according to new research, underscoring the pessimism many people have about their chances at financial success.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

If Apple can run a Siri with Google’s Gemini smarts right on its Macs, iPhones and iPads, that could set the company on the right path toward AI success—with Ternus carrying the banner.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

“I did not help her! Did it ever occur to you that she might have some smarts of her own?”

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

"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 smarted as well that Prince Mohammed seemed to get no credit for the kingdom’s social changes, nor for his own efforts to avert regional conflict, including starting talks with the Iranians in Baghdad.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2022

The result smarted: a 2-0 defeat before an announced 16,073.

From Washington Post May 18, 2022

They smarted from the weight and the grooves that the block had dug into my skin.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Americans accustomed to free and easy returns are now smarting from surprise fees, shorter return windows, delayed refunds and more questions about their reasons for sending products back.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 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

There had been an expectation that England would be smarting after the Calcutta Cup defeat, and would put it right against Ireland.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

Earlier, Pep Guardiola's City went into their match against bottom side smarting after an embarrassing 3-1 Champions League defeat at Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt.

From Barron's Jan. 24, 2026

I let out a scream and drew back momentarily, dazed and smarting.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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