smart
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"In Spain, they really appreciate my IQ and quality because at Barca, if you're not technical, if you're not smart, you're going to stand out like a sore thumb."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Interviewed on the David Lin report podcast on Monday, Bianco acknowledges that “I’m not going to be smart enough to say 5.25% is the high but we’re getting close enough.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Oura’s smart rings, some of which cost up to $499, monitor health indicators including heart rate, body temperature and sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
To borrow the nostrum attributed to Napoleon, the Chinese president is smart enough not to interrupt an opponent while he’s making a mistake.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
“That was really smart of you to think of getting them to help. We never could have done it on our own.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“I am smarter than the entire DEA put together,” he allegedly said in another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Cramer has earned money from his secret-space-program tale, selling lessons on “how to make brains smarter, faster, more effective.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Plus, Apple’s Siri gets smarter, how to contest airline-seat downgrades and what readers love and hate about patient portals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Major AI companies have been racing to develop better systems, including creating what they call super intelligence - theoretical tech which is smarter than humans.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Paul Van Riper’s Red Team did not come out on top in that moment in the Gulf because they were smarter or luckier at that moment than their counterparts over at Blue Team.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Video creator Yotam Katzor, 32, worried about what would happen when humans were no longer the smartest thing on Earth.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Superintelligence is the point at which AI will have surpassed even the smartest humans across several domains.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
It is the size of a pin head – yet in many ways - more efficient than a supercomputer and able to outsmart the smartest AI.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Dodgers’ injury-scarred rotation needed a stud starting pitcher like Skubal and, as this column noted last month, there was no excuse for baseball’s wealthiest and smartest team not to grab him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The not-so-great news: the sagging porch and drooping roof make it pretty clear that just waltzing in and finding the right room isn’t the smartest idea.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
Now coach Thomas Randolph is looking to utilize his athleticism and smarts as a receiver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
New Zealand's smarts initially defused the fire and fury inside the cauldron, however.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Americans are abandoning the belief that smarts and effort are the best ways to get ahead in life, according to new research, underscoring the pessimism many people have about their chances at financial success.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Eliza effect may refer to an overattribution of human smarts to AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
You needed a good roll of the dice, a lucky draw of the cards, and some smarts, but if things went your way and you gave it your all, anyone could win.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Asia stocks hit a 11-week low on Wednesday as renewed concerns about U.S. interest rates slugged Wall Street, while investors still smarted from dismal Chinese economic data and the absence of meaningful stimulus.
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2023
There was much speculation about his state of mind, whether the scars of the first defeat still smarted.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2023
It smarted as well that Prince Mohammed seemed to get no credit for the kingdom’s social changes, nor for his own efforts to avert regional conflict, including starting talks with the Iranians in Baghdad.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
The result smarted: a 2-0 defeat before an announced 16,073.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
Cora sat in the front of the class nowadays, and when Georgina corrected her—on her penmanship or arithmetic or speech—she no longer smarted.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Hollywood’s workforce is already smarting, with job losses steepening after dual strikes by actors and writers three years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The fare will remain the LA-standard $1.75 -- a small victory for fans smarting at the $98 price tag for a round-trip train ticket between New York and MetLife Stadium.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Drake is smarting, and he spreads that hurt across more than an hour in the trilogy’s marquee album “Iceman.”
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
Europe was - it still is - smarting at being sidelined.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
I could not quite believe what had happened, even though my hands were smarting and bleeding.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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