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For those who do have the flexibility to consider a change, establishing good financial habits before making the leap is a wise start.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“We are being wise and strategic,” said Joly at a press conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

“I was seeking the wise and healthy way to work through my relationships so I could move forward,” she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

A Prudie reader has some wise words for how to navigate that situation—and readers of the column weigh in on a variety of other dilemmas, too.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Congratulations to you, too, Piper. It sounds like you’ve finally accepted your fate. It’s always wise to quit while you’re behind.”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

So when the “young upstart” Stewart comes around, “my character’s thought is, ‘I’m far wiser, I’m far smarter, I’m the only one who’s ever done this before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

He's a little bit older, a little bit wiser.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

“Warren and I are mostly peers, but sometimes he is so much wiser than I am, he’s like a father figure to me,” Gates wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

It’s a rare case of a revival that actually works, as Hank, Peggy and Bobby Hill have all grown older but not necessarily wiser.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

At thirteen, she was, as her grandfather liked to remind her, one year older than the century, and so a good deal wiser.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Private companies rely on semiannual reports, after all, he noted, although the idea of taking private companies as models for publicly traded corporations might not strike experienced investors as the wisest thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

With everyone worrying over my safety, a step-by-step approach seemed wisest, so I started by purchasing a 20-mile-per-hour e-bike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Whether it is Slot or those on the pitch, then, it is largely Liverpool's wisest heads who are making the difference in the key moments.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

I think this is, by far, the wisest course in the short term.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Brickbane was the wisest soul Clare had ever known.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Recovered: I hope not too many people were hurt before you wised up.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022

That's something people have really wised up to.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022

They wised up at some point, whereas I still hadn’t learned.

From The Verge ● Dec. 13, 2021

Some have wised up to the ways of the Aedes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

"I just got wised up to something funny the last two days," remarked Wilson.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

But now, experts say, Milei is wising up to the game, giving up some campaign promises while maneuvering to secure enough other priorities to claim victory.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

While U.S. players have led the development of retail media networks, European retailers are wising up to the opportunity.

From Reuters ● Jun. 12, 2023

“I hope he’s wising up to the stupidity of what he’s doing.”

From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2022

Is this another N95 mask situation, where the public wising up to the supposed utility of something ends up shuffling them away from the people who need them most?

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2020

So I heard; his nibs here," indicating the bartender, "has been wising me up, a lot.

From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by B. M. Bower