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Recent Examples of cleverly
Duwaji cleverly styled the unique creation over a voluminous black midi skirt and topped off the look with black sneakers and matching orange pom-pom earrings.
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Morgan Evans,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
The Papa’s Tools Weed Puller Tool isn’t like other weeding tools you may be used to—it’s cleverly designed to minimize joint strain while effectively removing weeds deep in the ground.
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Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
The scene is set for another frantic find-and-rescue mission that brings Woody out of retirement and cleverly integrates the story of the itinerant Buzz Lightyears.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
The games have clear progressions, cleverly edited for punchiness.
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Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
However, the winners in this sector will be determined by the systems architects who most cleverly accommodate the thermodynamics and the companies with sufficient vertical integration to take on the massive costs of operating data centers in orbit.
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IEEE Spectrum,
11 June 2026
But alas, despite Woods' best efforts to curb the guideline by creating an orange heel that cleverly incorporated the bag into the design (called the Stunt Sandal in Limited Edition Summer Citrus), the Knicks fell 115-111 to the Spurs.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
While most of these hover around half an hour, the show is so smartly written and cleverly crafted, more than enough story is packed into each short installment.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Instead, alpine coziness is cleverly expressed through sleek contemporary shapes and a minimalist spin on a multitude of materials and textures.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
Morgan Evans,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
The Papa’s Tools Weed Puller Tool isn’t like other weeding tools you may be used to—it’s cleverly designed to minimize joint strain while effectively removing weeds deep in the ground.
—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
The scene is set for another frantic find-and-rescue mission that brings Woody out of retirement and cleverly integrates the story of the itinerant Buzz Lightyears.
—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
The games have clear progressions, cleverly edited for punchiness.
—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
However, the winners in this sector will be determined by the systems architects who most cleverly accommodate the thermodynamics and the companies with sufficient vertical integration to take on the massive costs of operating data centers in orbit.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
11 June 2026
But alas, despite Woods' best efforts to curb the guideline by creating an orange heel that cleverly incorporated the bag into the design (called the Stunt Sandal in Limited Edition Summer Citrus), the Knicks fell 115-111 to the Spurs.
—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
While most of these hover around half an hour, the show is so smartly written and cleverly crafted, more than enough story is packed into each short installment.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Instead, alpine coziness is cleverly expressed through sleek contemporary shapes and a minimalist spin on a multitude of materials and textures.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleverly
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Seated near the senators, a woman in a crisp white uniform appears to listen in, her hands folded neatly in her lap.
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Legacy is what keeps many founders going when the numbers no longer add up neatly.
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Andrade landed her double-twisting Yurchenko vault cleanly with a small step, earning a massive score from the judges.
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Reducing the sulfur-removal threshold to around 10 or 14 electron volts significantly expands that safety window, providing manufacturers with a more practical operating range in which the top layer can be removed cleanly while preserving the structural integrity of the material below.
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Yet Göring dominates the movie thanks to Russell Crowe’s performance, somehow both indulgently big and dexterously subtle.
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The aptly named Pioneer II builds on the same architecture as its predecessor, but a series of smarter features once again place it at the bleeding edge of marine design.
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Its title, aptly, is Dumpster Fire.
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Kids climbed nimbly onto traffic signs.
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Few people do simmering panic as nimbly as Sarah Goldberg.
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“Cleverly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleverly. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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