smart move

noun

: a good decision
Taking that job was a smart move.

Examples of smart move in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But not all CEOs agree that the push to return to office is a smart move. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024 Good-Feel made a smart move giving the Mushroom Kingdom royal her own gameplay identity or at least several of them. Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024 But history provides enough insight and perspective to conclude that, in general, the smart move is to stay invested with a diversified allocation, even when tempestuous times trigger the instinct to flee. Wes Moss, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 Those crowds can average twenty-thousand day-trippers during the peak of summer, so making the trip early on is a smart move. Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2024 That’s probably a smart move by the company, said Pranav Patel, a former researcher at the University of Toledo who has studied the field of pharmacy extensively. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024 Approaching this task with fresh ears and eyes is important, which is why recruiting an outside party to guide the process can be a smart move. Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 This experience reinforced his conviction that betting everything on one great business idea wasn’t a smart move. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2024 The freezer is a smart move since it, as with nuts, preserves the oils in the seeds and helps keep them from going rancid. Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 9 Mar. 2024

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“Smart move.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smart%20move. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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