as in intelligence
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
she had the smarts to start college at age 16, but perhaps not the emotional maturity
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Noun
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According to a new assessment from no fewer than 11 countries’ intelligence agencies, the hacker group has been targeting a broad array of technology and logistics firms involved in providing aid to Ukraine.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
24 May 2025 -
The group is a terrorist organization made up of operatives, spies and intelligence officials from agencies around the world who want to create a new world order.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
24 May 2025
Verb
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West Nile virus symptoms include fever, headaches, body aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea and rashes.—
Jeremy Duda,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
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And there’s a part of me that aches and hurts because of it.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Along with interactivity, embodied experiences become multi-sensory that bypass the intellect and speak to the heart, connecting facts to emotions and emotions to lasting action.—
Victoria Bousis,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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Season 2 has robbed Ellie of her agency, her rage, her competency, her intellect.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The Personal Brand Is the Leadership Brand Demis Hassabis — cofounder and CEO of Google DeepMind — isn’t a personal brand in the conventional sense.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Amazon | Steam | Official Website At this point, Elden Ring is well-known for its epic sense of scale, offering players dozens of hours of meticulous exploration, gradual character progression, and unforgiving enemy encounters that require deliberate care and strategy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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“Smarts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smarts. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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