intelligent
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Maybe there should be little surprise that Maverick McNealy, an intelligent but unheralded American who once considered snubbing golf for a business career, is leading the way.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
When his character contacts Léa Seydoux’s French plant expert, it becomes almost too much rapturously intelligent star wattage for one quietly poetic movie, even if these god-tier actors are just zooming and talking shop.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
He’s clearly an old soul, keenly intelligent, cheeky and sensitive.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
Last week, we reported on a startup led by iRobot’s former CEO that is developing an emotionally intelligent robot called the Familiar.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
I talked about the fears I’d had early on about raising our daughters in the White House and how proud I was of the intelligent young women they’d become.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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