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If local governments are smart, they can take the opportunity to make improvements to their communities, such as making the centers pay for electricity upgrades and using the tax revenue to invest in schools.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Under authorities' plans, students caught cheating with smart glasses will not be able to retake their exams for three years, an extension from the current penalty of one year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

He was serious, stern, smart, curious, with the hint of whimsy that it takes to soar among the stars with theoretical science and a diplomatic flair with alien races.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Come for my colleagues’ smart insights about the midterms, stay for their killer senses of humor.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

Grandpa finally got hold of himself and said, “I figured that monkey was smart, but I didn’t think he was that smart.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“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

But arriving at the future of autonomous robot helpers will require more data, smarter AI models and better hardware.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Nintendo, he added, is "much smarter than many companies when it comes to re-releasing older games for a new audience".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“And Monty’s pretty much smarter than everybody on the planet,” said Sydney.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Meanwhile, there’s the small matter of building the smartest machine ever made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

Superintelligence is the point at which AI will have surpassed even the smartest humans across several domains.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Hill added that Scott became known as “aloof” and wanting to be “the smartest person in the room.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

He always had to prove himself the smartest, the trickiest, and above all, the most renowned.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

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

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

Even Bodega with his street smarts and cunning lacked what Nazario had.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

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

My chest was full of pain, my eyes smarted, and I was afraid—O monstrous trick against reason—I was afraid I was about to sob.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

Americans have been smarting for years over how much more expensive everything from coffee to cars has become.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

Many 60/40 investors are still smarting from a terrible experience in 2022, when the funds’ slow-and-steady strategy appeared to backfire.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

He is still smarting about the Dodgers’ response, adding “people are still talking about all of that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

The smoke made her eyes water, and there was a smarting blister on one thumb.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare