smart
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By making smart money choices now, young people may pave a smoother road toward financial security and independence in the future.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
A TikToker who used Meta "smart glasses" to secretly film members of the public, shop workers and ferry staff during a road trip around Scotland is being investigated by police.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
For young people with similar ambitions, live entertainment could be a smart path to follow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The unit has bled tens of billions of dollars, and Meta has increasingly shifted its hardware focus toward AI-powered smart glasses, a promising consumer release outside social media.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“That was really smart of you to think of getting them to help. We never could have done it on our own.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
And they’ve gotten smarter than the used-gum, spit-cup abstinence proponents of my youth.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
With a smarter, more personalized Siri AI rolling out in beta to English-language users later this year, it’s natural to assume the revamped assistant will come to revamped speakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Think you’re smarter about finances than the average U.S. adult?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Such devices could be used in smarter infrared sensors, more efficient energy systems, and new types of photonic memory that store information using light and heat instead of electrical charges."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
I could feel myself getting smarter, under the light at my desk.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Here’s the easiest and the smartest route to take: keep the peace while your sister is alive.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
So if James wanted to spend his twilight chasing an elusive fifth championship, the single smartest thing he could do was take a pay cut to join a ready-made contender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
"Just because we have the smartest people developing AI does not mean we have the ability to do so safely."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
"If you're the smartest person in the room, you need to leave and find another room where you'll feel like an amateur," she added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
“If you get him talking, I mean. Probably the smartest kid I ever met.”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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
When Anthropic announced a new model called Mythos, the company didn’t tout hyperrealistic video clips or stellar math smarts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
While Borthwick has generally been wedded to speed and breakdown smarts in his back row, there is the option of adding some bosh.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Street smarts may hold the upper hand for now.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
But Petey had smarter smarts than the smartest students at Fry High.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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 decision still smarted a little, but it was the right one,” he writes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2019
This smarted a little, and Amarante croaked a string of feeble curses as he limped around in the road, amazed by what a flabby uncoordinated old geezer he had become.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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
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
Derek Weeks started his search about six months ago, still smarting from last Christmas when he couldn’t secure a reindeer to go with his Santa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Americans are still smarting from a surge of food prices in the wake of the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 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
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