clever
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He is the striker Scotland has been crying out for for an awfully long time, an instinctive and clever finisher, a guy who can score different types of goals.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
With a settlement in place, Williams seemed to lose control over the legal dispute—until this week, when she used the clever procedural maneuver to reopen the case.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
But scientists have been working for a couple of decades on a clever way to transport these big molecules through the blood brain barrier.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
That’s because Huawei, he said, is doing clever things with the tools available to them—and that is the real story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
All these clever people at this secret countryside estate, desperately scrambling to solve his machine.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing clever
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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