cleverness
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The fights and chases are semi-effective, but there’s such a startling lack of cleverness that it’s as if the filmmakers took “Idiocracy” as a guide rather than a warning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Other jokes trade in more broadly-appealing cleverness; for example, that same brief frame at the cop con show featuring Yola Tomassi singing “Frisk and Shout” in the style of The Beatles.
From Salon ● May 8, 2025
While he is nowhere near the dribbler Jeremy Doku or Savinho is, he brings a certain degree of cleverness to the wing.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
So she does the first thing that clues us in to the cleverness of the enterprise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
Some at home did not appreciate my cleverness or abilities.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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