wise
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I didn’t feel wise enough to showcase it yet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I was seeking the wise and healthy way to work through my relationships so I could move forward,” she adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
A Prudie reader has some wise words for how to navigate that situation—and readers of the column weigh in on a variety of other dilemmas, too.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Michael Kramer, portfolio manager at Mott Capital Management, sees a few reasons why it could be wise to buy some hedges.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Yes, yes, you are right, my daughter. How did you get to be the wise one?” she says with a smile.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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As for your will, you could write one without the help of a lawyer, but you would be wiser not to do so.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
"She was way wiser beyond her years and now gone too soon... My heart goes out to her family and everyone who loved her. Rest in peace, Hayden."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“She was way wiser beyond her years and now gone too soon,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Warren and I are mostly peers, but sometimes he is so much wiser than I am, he’s like a father figure to me,” Gates wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Prometheus, whose name means forethought, was very wise, wiser even than the gods, but Epimetheus, which means afterthought, was a scatterbrained person who invariably followed his first impulse and then changed his mind.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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With everyone worrying over my safety, a step-by-step approach seemed wisest, so I started by purchasing a 20-mile-per-hour e-bike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Among the zaniness there’s an emotional arc, a dance of personal growth and backsliding, and depending on what the scene requires, he might be the dumbest guy in the room or the wisest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
"Parents were worried about their children going into school," Smit told NOS Radio, "so it was wisest to have a day of calm and then go back on Monday."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
I think this is, by far, the wisest course in the short term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
The goose disappeared out the door, and soon Roz’s oldest and wisest friends were on their way.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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Media, especially after Theranos, wised up a bit.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022
Olivia Munn also used to apply toothpaste to her pimples but has since wised up to this acne treatment hack.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2022
They wised up at some point, whereas I still hadn’t learned.
From The Verge ● Dec. 13, 2021
Some have wised up to the ways of the Aedes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
"I just got wised up to something funny the last two days," remarked Wilson.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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But now, experts say, Milei is wising up to the game, giving up some campaign promises while maneuvering to secure enough other priorities to claim victory.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
While U.S. players have led the development of retail media networks, European retailers are wising up to the opportunity.
From Reuters ● Jun. 12, 2023
Increasingly, people are wising up to both the company’s serious threat as a monopoly and its willingness to seek domination at the expense of the health of its blue-collar workers.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2018
In short, teams appear to be wising up.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2018
I'm wising you up so you won't hand her any more misery by trying to take her part.
From Cow-Country by B. M. Bower
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