clever
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The Hebrew word conseptzia, or concept, means a purportedly clever formula that brings only disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
His clever drop shot is starting to rival Alcaraz’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
This detour is not a clever design, but a historical leftover from our fish-like ancestors when the nerve took a straightforward path around the gill arches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“People grow up with it, they become fans of it, they live with it. When you’ve got IP that resonates so well literally around the world with fans, I just think it’s a clever extension.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Mizuho Financial Group, for some reason that would remain known only to itself, set itself up as a clever trader of U.S. subprime bonds, and took $1 billion in subprime-backed CDOs off Morgan Stanley’s hands.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
"And as AI progresses, the robots can be cleverer and cleverer."
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
"Instead it did something even cleverer — it brought together existing genes, which already do other things in different parts of the plant, to make a complicated spot on the petals that deceives male flies."
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023
“Who could say what sorts of patterns might give away users who thought they were cleverer than those watching them?”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022
“You are much the cleverer of the two,” she tells Sheila, “and because of that I prophesy that you will be the one to give in.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
Could it be that Snail was trying to prove that he was cleverer than he?
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
“Back to the Future” just might be Hollywood’s richest, cleverest blockbuster — and its attention to detail deserves to be re-celebrated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Mack Hansen - bubbly, busy and intelligent - and Lowe - one of the most influential and cleverest wings in world rugby.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
As fantastical as “Doctor Who” can get, the cleverest being in the universe always has an explanation for everything.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
Leave it to Hollywood’s writers, now striking, to have the cleverest signs: “HBO Max Pays HBO Minimum,” reads one.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
“You are the best and cleverest pupils any governess could ever hope to have. Now, off with you. You have much to do, as do I.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing clever
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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