smarten

Example Sentences

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Could have the game for Australia, but needs to smarten up.

From BBC

In Jay-Z’s song 2021 hit “U Don’t Know,” he raps, “That’s another difference that’s between me and them / Heh, I smarten up, open the market up / One million, two million, three million, four / In 18 months, 80 million more / Now add that number up with the one I said before”

From Los Angeles Times

Part of the report published already last week also laid out a "game changing" blueprint for an evolved financial system where central bank digital currencies and tokenised banking assets speed up and smarten up transactions and global trade.

From Reuters

“Because of what he did to us, in his mind he had to smarten up. He didn’t get away with it,” Katrina said.

From Los Angeles Times

Smarten Up was “bred” to Simplification to produce Dumben Down.

From Washington Post