intelligent
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For an intelligent man and fluent historian, this spite work on the royals—for that is it what it is—is written with all the subtlety of a rabid corgi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Granting rights and moral protections to a technological entity, one that looks to be on a path to be seismically more capable and intelligent than us, is a recipe for disaster," he wrote.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
In an emotional statement read out on his behalf, he said he watched his daughters grow from little girls to beautiful, intelligent women "with a special place in my heart".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“He engages the white construct in a way that’s intelligent and everything, and then I see this commercial where he’s sitting there playing Aretha Franklin and he’s dancing a jig,” he said.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Campbell described Isaac as “rather tall, of strong frame, stoops a little, in color ebony; sensible, intelligent, pleasant.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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