wise
Example Sentences
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"It was a wise decision because Ebola spreads fast with such gatherings. We're now counting 19 cases and if the Martyrs Day celebration had happened, it would be in three digits now," Tedros said.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
This exquisite writer has once again delivered an incandescent work of fiction — sweet, but never sentimental, infinitely wise and suffused with love.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Is it wise to invest it with a single firm?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Some would argue that the wise move would have been to hold off until after the World Cup but, clearly, the Scottish FA felt they couldn't do that.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
“MORNING MAY NOT PUT ONE’S problems in a new light, but at least it puts them in a new day,” as the wise founder of the Swanburne Academy liked to say.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing wise
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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