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as in smart
having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment
her sharp-witted questions always cut right to the core of the issue
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as in intelligent
having or showing quickness of mind
a TV game show that allows sharp-witted contestants to show their stuff
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharp-witted
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Generic 20ft Prefabricated Expandable House $16,999 at Amazon With nearly 400 square feet of space, this tiny house features a smart layout that makes use of every inch.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
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Body scale: on sale for $79.95 Original price: $99.95 This smart scale measures weight, BMI, body fat percentage, muscle mass, bone mass, and water percentage.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Recognizing team members regularly enhances your emotional intelligence (EI) and creates a more emotionally intelligent workplace.—
Luciana Paulise,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Mechanical arms work on the production line of electronic products for new-energy vehicles in an intelligent workshop at a factory in the high-tech industrial park on February 6, 2025 in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province of China.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
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But, like any astute power ranking, there are certain tells about which nominees have an advantage.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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There’s a chance an astute hiker could probably see Prospect Park from the top of Cowles Mountain looking northeast.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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The digital device is exhausted, the runtime stretches a tad too long, and a club scene that begins as an admirable feat (making clever use of the Music Box Theatre) begins to drag, before giving way to a crucial turning point in the story.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Later in the same game, Miami ran four verts with a clever outside receiver cross-field motion.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Tough, shrewd, and bursting with Machiavellian ambition, Lucky is also fiercely loyal to Baba and his bumbling offspring.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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His three-year, $45.75 million deal signed in the spring of 2023 is one of Paton and Payton’s shrewdest moves and is due to be updated as early as this spring.—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2025
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App Store updates Those looking for apps in the App Store can see summaries from user reviews to get a quick look at what others are saying, Apple said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Here’s a quick roundup of the latest news from leading denim brands.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Dramatic video from the launch shows the rocket tumbling just seconds into flight before plummeting to the icy ground below and exploding in a brilliant fireball.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Metcalfe law—the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of its users—encapsulates a brilliant marketing concept, engineered to get early adopters—and more important, their accountants—over the difficulty of calculating the ROI for a new, expensive, unproven technology.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Bulls were already one of the fastest teams before trading Zach LaVine to the Kings.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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But the plan can allow for faster loan forgiveness for certain borrowers who initially took out relatively small student loan amounts.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Sharp-witted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharp-witted. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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