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It will take more than stolen KitKats and canny marketing to turn the company around.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Credit must go to Dean, who conceded only two from the 13th over with her canny off-spin.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

They also share a reputation for being canny directors of actors, understanding from their experience in the spotlight what to say to a performer and when to say it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

The reason for that is resoundingly apparent in the documentary “Bernstein’s Wall,” opening at New York’s Film Forum this weekend, which focuses on both Bernstein’s political activism and politically canny sense of his public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Sharpe was sufficiently canny to see that Bono attempted to direct his attention elsewhere, towards the cook, who was laboring over beets.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

"If Don had been better informed, he might have been cannier about the potential complications that come with coaching an adolescent girl. Clearly, he wasn't a predator," she added.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022

While voters throughout the country were glued to their TVs and reflexively refreshing news and political sites on Tuesday night, a few of the cannier ones were paying more attention to something else.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2020

But to do this, philanthropists need to be cannier about their analysis and tactics.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2020

He needs to be a much cannier person and not show his lining too much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2020

Ca' cannier and be a wee thing quieter in your langwidge.

From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John

Lord Wolfson is widely considered to be one of the canniest brains in UK business, and while he conceded next year would be tough, there were reasons for optimism.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022

One of the canniest aspects of The Glass Hotel is Mandel’s depiction of how people rationalize the ways they have harmed others.

From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2020

One of the canniest things about the Wick films is how they riff on Reeves’ public image.

From The Guardian ● May 18, 2019

Khrushchev soon emerges as one of the canniest of these survivors, though Beria moves faster and initially with far more lethal force.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2018

Of these last, "love-letters" is the most important, and "mixed" the canniest, for it practically lets in everything.

From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George