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Adjective
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Maigret must outwit some of Paris’s most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025 -
These subsidies were cunning, part of a decades-long effort to keep alive the myths that offshore wind energy is nearly self-sufficient and generates increasingly inexpensive electricity.—
Craig Rucker,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The actress was making a sly reference to her 1984 thriller Firestarter.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Solnicki has created a sly and slippery kind of film that, much like its leading actor’s grin, is hilarious and devastating in equal measure.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The movie tracks Charlene’s growth from a strong-willed teen into a wary, wily, powerful adult.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The semicolon is a wily punctuation mark.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In a subtler interpretation of the trend, the Jazz bookshelf is handcrafted in oak that takes on a golden hue when hit with the right light.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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Cohen and other researchers have identified many subtle fixes that improve kids’ eating habits.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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All three signings have already proven shrewd and worthwhile, with United still undefeated in the WSL and just two points off leaders Chelsea.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Little is known about Agnes, but she's portrayed as a sharp and shrewd matriarch by Dervla Kirwan in House of Guinness.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Driving down the price after Ingram cleared waivers last week, while acquiring a goaltender with excellent potential and a reasonable track record, is about as astute a move as there is.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The odd, sometimes astute connections and ideas her seemingly new brain forms are not entirely unpleasant.—
Bekah Waalkes,
The Atlantic,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Advertisement Those who do will be rewarded with one of the year’s most intelligent, artful, and, yes, timely shows.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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The hotel's Art of Discovery experience (rates starting at $375) takes guests on an artful journey through its 700-piece global art collection, displayed throughout the building.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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Over the weekend, his foxy friend Pete Hegseth announced a new policy that requires journalists with Pentagon press credentials to sign a pledge promising not to report information that hasn't been explicitly authorized for release, that includes unclassified information.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Over the weekend, his foxy friend, Pete Hegseth, announced a new policy that requires journalists with Pentagon press credentials to sign a pledge promising not to report information that hasn't been explicitly authorized for release.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Pawky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawky. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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