cleverness
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Caroline Graham Hansen's cleverness, Sydney Schertenleib's constant threat and the aura of top scorer Ewa Pajor is enough to strike fear into any team in Europe.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
As to the famous fine line between stupid and clever, the stupidity and the cleverness are all but inextricable, and to the point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
“Influencers,” like its predecessor, was written and directed by the Canadian Kurtis David Harder, whose cleverness is as abundant as the body count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Her performance is just one of many surprises that highlight the show’s ability to flaunt its cleverness without smothering it in celebrity schmaltz.
From Salon ● May 8, 2025
He often says that people just don’t understand how cleverness works in a child and that all these troublesome things I do are actually signs of strength and intelligence.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Vocabulary lists containing cleverness
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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