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clueless

[kloo-lis] / ˈklu lɪs /




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Sorkin must have adored that earlier film’s opening scene where Rooney Mara insults a clueless Jesse Eisenberg because he’s written three-dozen takes on it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Commercial satellite companies, which provide the government with services, have detected Chinese activities and have alerted us. Otherwise, we’d be clueless about a lot of what’s going on.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Yardeni: Yes, absolutely, though I have never been a gold bug and am honestly clueless when it comes to valuing something with no coupon or dividend.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

How could the clueless become clued if their peers weren’t picking on their every lame move?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

And here I am—as clueless and alone as I have ever been in my grown-up life.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich


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