clever
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That means customers who want the latest model iPhone will have to pay up for the Pro models, potentially a clever strategy by Apple to push customers to more expensive models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Viking face Bayern, Atletico, Napoli and Aston Villa, but Norwegian football is full of clever, competitive coaches, players and teams.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The firm sees GPT-6, also known as Astra, as a crucial part of a decade-long push towards artificial general intelligence -- tools as clever as humans.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Unlike some of his earlier books, “The American Way of Killing” doesn’t start or end with clever paradigms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In books, their problems were solved in a clever thirty-two pages.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
For much of the first half Italy snapped and fizzed with more danger, throwing cleverer shapes and more accurate passes.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025
"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
“Of a book. Has there ever been a cleverer cricket?”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
One night, the five decide to bestow their honorific on Ticky, whom they consider “the cleverest of us all because you can tell the exact time without looking at a clock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“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
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
“You’re one of the cleverest women I’ve met. His Highness told me the same thing yesterday.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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