clever
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But clever craftsmanship and a talented team aren’t enough to call something timeless.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Even some senior Conservatives think Healey's appointment as chancellor was clever.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The reason had nothing to do with clever stock picking.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
His clever drop shot is starting to rival Alcaraz’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
I can ask her what she means or come up with some clever response.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
But Isla understands, and we understand, that whatever she doesn’t know yet, she’s cleverer than the doubters give her credit for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
"Is there someone cleverer in Wales?" came the retort.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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
All the animals nodded in complete agreement, and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Ally and Jay’s rom-com caricature is the cleverest subplot in the movie — the pair are heightened Hallmark Channel ingenues who like fiddly coffee orders, coordinated plaids and the same shade of taupe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
They snap up the cleverest and most devious communicators to craft their messages, offering salaries no one else can afford.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024
Another says Reeves "is normally the cleverest person in the room", and that she does not blag.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024
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
The work of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing clever
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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