smart
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The measure comes as smart glasses -- especially those marketed by Meta under popular brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley -- are causing growing concern in Europe.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Like them, you want the satire to make you feel smart, to make you feel like you’re one of the good guys?
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
A smart investor, on the other hand, would hang on to their wallet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The statement remembered Fiona, who died at 13 years old, as a “loving girl who was smart, creative, and loved to dance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
“You think you’re so smart, Novis. But I’m done playing games with you. I’m going to have a talk with your superiors. I’m going to strongly recommend that you be removed from the Park.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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I’m just better at what I do and I’m a bit smarter as a comedian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
He added: "An environment where things like this can happen is no place to grow artificial minds that could be smarter than we are and that might not do what we want them to."
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Researchers are now making alarms smarter, more useful and less annoying, reports Laura Landro.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
They are making the alarms smarter, more useful and less annoying, while developing early-warning systems that could help clinicians intervene sooner and potentially prevent some alarms from being triggered in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Maybe if he was smarter, if he knew facts and art and history, he could be just like them.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Video creator Yotam Katzor, 32, worried about what would happen when humans were no longer the smartest thing on Earth.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
While engineers work on building even better sensors for our fingers and wrists, the smartest way to use a health tracker might be knowing when to ignore it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 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
The Dodgers’ injury-scarred rotation needed a stud starting pitcher like Skubal and, as this column noted last month, there was no excuse for baseball’s wealthiest and smartest team not to grab him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
“Dad’s the smartest man in the world!” said Willy.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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But in order to survive the woods, Murphy will have to dig deep into his wartime past and rely on his own skills and smarts to make out it out intact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Camera smarts: In the camera’s Siri mode, point the camera at an object and tap the Siri icon for an immediate response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
New Zealand's smarts initially defused the fire and fury inside the cauldron, however.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Winmill said his bets rely on smarts at the tops of companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
“There you go with those smarts again,” Aunt Nancy says.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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Asia stocks hit a 11-week low on Wednesday as renewed concerns about U.S. interest rates slugged Wall Street, while investors still smarted from dismal Chinese economic data and the absence of meaningful stimulus.
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 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
The pellets under the skin of Boxer’s leg smarted painfully.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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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
The fare will remain the LA-standard $1.75 -- a small victory for fans smarting at the $98 price tag for a round-trip train ticket between New York and MetLife Stadium.
From Barron's ● May 27, 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
Americans are still smarting from a surge of food prices in the wake of the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
“It’ll quit smarting him in a minute now, and he’ll hush. Come on, now.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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