intelligent
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People who knew some of his tutoring students said they described him as intelligent and skilled at mathematics and science.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
It's precisely the complexity of Muirhead's personality that makes her such a compelling figure as, according to Allott, she "was articulate and intelligent, a promising young pathologist with eight years of medical training".
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
“People should realize that scientists die also and not make too much of this,” the family said in a statement, adding that she was “a beautiful and marvelously intelligent person.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
Aridge has referred to the factory as the world’s first intelligent flying-car manufacturing facility.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
“You seem like very intelligent people,” Justice Strauss said.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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