intelligent

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Technosignatures may be more convincing, but they depend on assumptions about how intelligent life might behave, which adds uncertainty.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

“Roberto Velasco seems to be a intelligent and well-educated person,” said one veteran Mexican diplomat posted to the United States, who asked to not be named because the person was not authorized to speak.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

América Peraza, a florist in Mexico City, gushes over García Harfuch, describing him as handsome, intelligent and elegant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

My best guess is that Cassidy and Kaine themselves — being the intelligent and diligent legislators they are — would prefer a serious approach and offer this proposal simply to move their colleagues to action.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Somewhere along the way she'd got the idea that broke people led richer lives than everybody else, that they were nobler or more intelligent.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris