smarten
Example Sentences
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"They can fix it," one Whitehall source says, but "they have to realise they have caused it and smarten up how they make decisions".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
“I would like to see people smarten up so that we don’t have to have a mandate in the first place,” she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
This will not only smarten up the tree but, more importantly, also leave a small, clean wound that will heal more quickly.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
It’s also a self-protective reflex in the workplace: there’s vindication in seeing a boss who’s always telling others to smarten up wearing her sweater inside-out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
Katz for his part clearly dreaded her company and winced beneath her tireless urgings to smarten his pace.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
