wit
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So when WIT put in-person events on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, the theater took advantage of something rarely afforded in the quick-on-your-feet world of improvised comedy: time to think.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021
Its popularity led to the creation, under Ryan's guidance, of WIT lists in 52 other communities in 19 countries, including India, Ireland, Poland and Taiwan.
From Time Magazine Archive
IT WIT An itsy-bitsy problem Used to give me fits.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
The allusion is to the contemplated marriage of WIT to his betrothed, WISDOM.
From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard
To WIT, WITT, v. n. to know; I wit na, I know not.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing wit
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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