smarten
Example Sentences
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Could have the game for Australia, but needs to smarten up.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Amazon’s orb-like Echo Dot is one of the most affordable ways to smarten up your home, and it’s now cheaper than ever before.
From The Verge ● Apr. 25, 2022
“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
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
But she been needing to smarten up since she was borned.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
