cleverness
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Cleverness, determination and luck had left Soon-Shiong with enormous wealth–we put his current net worth at $12 billion.
From Forbes • Sep. 10, 2014
Cleverness, particularly for someone as clever as David, is the hardest thing to give up.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2011
Cleverness counts for so much, and it is hard in early life to put goodness first!
From Stray Thoughts for Girls by Soulsby, Lucy H. M.
Cleverness again, which has its fair field in the novel of character, is debarred all entry upon this more solemn theatre.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Cleverness or skill in doing some particular thing has been noticed to recur in families, and steeple-climbing is one example, we are told.
From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various
Vocabulary lists containing cleverness
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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