wise
Example Sentences
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As a wise and wellness-conscious Angeleno, you wouldn’t want to be the last one in your too-intense preschool moms text chain or chakra-balancing Zoom class to get in on these trends, would you?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
In other words, the only way to AI-proof your kid is to teach them, in the wise words of Chumbawamba, that they’ll get knocked down, but they’ll get up again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
But, he added, “Story-structure wise, I don’t think it’s slop.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
I once heard a very wise person say, “I would rather see my kids enjoy things while I am alive than give them everything when I am dead.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
But when it does you want to listen, because it’s also wiser than wise.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.