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as in smart
having or showing quickness of mind
proud parents typically insist that their child is intelligent way beyond his or her years his intelligent response to the emergency averted a disaster
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as in rational
having the ability to reason
there is some debate over whether dolphins are intelligent animals
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as in discreet
having or showing good judgment and restraint especially in conduct or speech
the only intelligent response to such a tasteless joke is to quickly change the subject
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Recent Examples of intelligent
Chesser appeared in the 2010 season of the Australian franchise of Beauty and the Geek, a reality TV show in which attractive women are paired up with intelligent men to complete a variety of challenges and avoid elimination to win a cash prize.
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Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 June 2025
Emotionally intelligent people don't unleash their rage like this.
—Juli Fraga, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Mike’s extremely intelligent as well, and a great ball player.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
With his help, clients can make intelligent monetary choices for peace, security, and comprehensive happiness.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 26 June 2025
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Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 June 2025
Emotionally intelligent people don't unleash their rage like this.
—Juli Fraga, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Mike’s extremely intelligent as well, and a great ball player.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
With his help, clients can make intelligent monetary choices for peace, security, and comprehensive happiness.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligent
Adjective
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More recently, the focus was on modernizing its assortment for growing areas like smart home products.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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One of the challenges comes from a fundamental problem in how smart city initiatives are executing the ever-changing digital movement.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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Eventually, this bargain approach is vindicated by returns as rational pricing returns to markets.—
James Berman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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No rational business is going to make long-term investments in American manufacturing based on such transient policies.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The company is discreet, but their influence is far-reaching.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
2 July 2025
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Long favored by Athenian elites, the island has drawn Greece’s old-money families and discreet international jet-setters who’ve been coming for generations.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
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Light, clever, and just leftfield enough to feel like a proper find.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Dubno’s novel sounds equally thoughtful and nasty, clever and juicy and full of great drama.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Teams tend to be especially cautious with injuries this time of year.—
Garrett Chorpenning,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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With such long-term uncertainty, customers are rightly cautious about parting with their money.—
Jo Causon,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The swarm — hundreds of small earthquakes hitting the same area in quick succession — started around 1:30 a.m.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin
July 9,
CBS News,
9 July 2025
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But even countries far from Beijing are making quick shifts.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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In criminal cases, prosecutors must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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Seeing penalty abatement for reasonable cause can also be time-consuming and expensive so preventing the misclassification is a better course of action.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Like many former holdouts, Kevin felt that his judicious use of A.I. was more defensible than his peers’ use of it.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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The way to do it is with judicious use of strong contrast colours, and that’s exactly what Nike has done here, with those pinks, blues and reds underneath the armpits and down the side of the shorts.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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“Intelligent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligent. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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