smart
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I realized that replying to complicated requests or problems in anger or haste was never smart, so I kept his rule to slow my response time down eight hours for future correspondence.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
More: Big Tech is obsessed with smart glasses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Take the money, Sly!” the smart half of my brain screamed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Meta is doubling down on smart glasses and artificial intelligence even as concerns mount that wearable technology is being used to violate people’s privacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
“It’s not smart if you’re going to tell him,” said a troll wearing a helmet with deer horns.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Cramer has earned money from his secret-space-program tale, selling lessons on “how to make brains smarter, faster, more effective.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Major AI companies have been racing to develop better systems, including creating what they call super intelligence - theoretical tech which is smarter than humans.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Those concerned about safety have long dreaded the day when AI systems themselves are capable of building the next generation of much smarter AI systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Altman, in a separate Q&A with Benioff, said the why-now is that in some ways the models are now smarter than people.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“These guys are smarter than I thought,” Cedar said.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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He told the court Noah was "the most intelligent human being I have ever met", while Charlie said he was "the smartest kid, always asking questions".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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
It remains a mystery why the smartest machines in the universe need our moral support, but researchers inside the frontier labs do have theories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Degrees don’t mean you’re smart, and Daddy’s the smartest man I know.
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
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Now coach Thomas Randolph is looking to utilize his athleticism and smarts as a receiver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 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
The next big test will be when Siri gets new smarts later this year, due in part to a collaboration with Google that Apple announced in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
What she lacked in smarts Hasina made up for in mischief and a mouth that, Giti said, ran like a sewing machine.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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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
Turks smarted at the sight of Russians casually snapping up products most local people would struggle to afford.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
My hands were already blistering, I could tell; they smarted when I repositioned them on the oars.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2016
As Patrolman Mancuso walked down Chartres rubbing his cheek, which still smarted from the slap, he heard what seemed to be an explosion.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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Americans accustomed to free and easy returns are now smarting from surprise fees, shorter return windows, delayed refunds and more questions about their reasons for sending products back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The fare will remain the LA-standard $1.75 -- a small victory for fans smarting at the $98 price tag for a round-trip train ticket between New York and MetLife Stadium.
From Barron's ● May 27, 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
Americans are still smarting from a surge of food prices in the wake of the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
Heart thudding to the point of pain, my wrist still smarting where it had been struck, I tried to grasp what had happened.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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