smart
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Second, it isn’t necessarily true that a well-intentioned AI whose evil twin is smart enough to bring down civilization is so smart that it’s bound to rake in big profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
He told The Times in 2002 that he remembered thinking, “That sounds conversational, that they intend for me to be listening, that I’m smart enough to be listening,” when he first heard the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
But is buying a bargain wedding band online a smart move?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
When asked why he is supporting Talarico, Noel said: "He's a young man, he's an honest man, he's got a vision, he's smart, well-spoken, nice, kind, which is what we need."
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
But today, I thought, standing back from the mirror as far as I could in the small room, the effect of dark maroon was very smart.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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“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
Smarten Up: Meta says it new AI model, Muse Wonder, vaults the company to the AI frontier, and will make its Muse agent smarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 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
Pax was ten times smarter than any dog, so why wouldn’t he be able to find his way?
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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“Donating appreciated stock is one of the smartest moves a charitably minded investor can make,” David Kassir, a managing director at Manna Wealth Management, told MarketWatch over email.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 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
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 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
“You’re one of the smartest people I know.”
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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New Zealand's smarts initially defused the fire and fury inside the cauldron, however.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The owners know they can’t legislate smarts into their contract, so they’re trying the next best thing — tying the hands of their own big spenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The new Siri is powered by Apple Intelligence, which runs on Apple Foundational Models, which tap in to Google’s Gemini smarts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Winmill said his bets rely on smarts at the tops of companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Maybe it is. Maybe if I wasn’t hiding I’d have street smarts or something. It’s early to be blaming myself, but maybe it’s going to be my fault, Lidia.”
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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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
As soon as I submerged my hands, they smarted and burned.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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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
It clearly left him smarting and he's not had a good word to say about wind power since.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
His eyes were still smarting from the direct skunk hit.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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