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Recent Examples of quick-wittedness
What a theft of life and talent, and what a waste of care, quick-wittedness, and capability by Reverend Mother Constance.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quick-wittedness
Noun
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The idea was to put more perimeter quickness on the floor to switch screens and guard Miami’s 3-point attempts.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
12 June 2026
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Consumers are tired of garments that fall apart or fail to meet their expectations, and Artistic Milliners is collaborating to deliver quality in concert with quickness.—
SJ Studio,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Buyers can choose between the LCD and OLED models, with the latter offering higher peak brightness in HDR mode (900 nits versus 600 nits), but both support 120Hz refresh rates.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
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The screens offer higher frame rates, greater brightness, deeper blacks and superior contrast ratios compared with conventional digital projectors.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Balancing out work, making art that feels authentic, while still having a smartness about commercializing it and finding ways to commercialize it positively.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Engendered by the ubiquity of stable and robust WiFi and the incredible power of the smartphone’s system-on-a-chip design, the smart everything era demonstrates the full transfer of the smartness imaginary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And our unity with divine Mind endows each of us with the intelligence, spiritual insight, and perspicacity to make sound decisions, including consenting to receiving all the good God has prepared for us.—
Karen Neff,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That England avoided what would have been an embarrassing last-sixteen exit to Slovakia was thanks mostly to the individual brilliance of Jude Bellingham, its attacking prodigy, who scissored in an acrobatic finish at the death.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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Your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency.—
Scott Bauer,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Noun
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If intelligence compounds as Nadella predicts, this time there will be a real first-mover advantage that didn’t exist in the internet era.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
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Examples could include processing Earth observation data from satellites, military or intelligence data processing, scientific computing related to space missions, or specialized computing for satellites and other space assets.—
Sven Bilén,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Cignetti has tapped into a distinctly Hoosier brand of team pride, which proves that his acumen is just as strong off the football field as on it.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
28 Jan. 2026
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The guys up at Auburn rave about his intelligence, his football acumen and his work ethic.—
Creg Stephenson | [email protected],
al,
20 Jan. 2023
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Dinklage played Tyrion Lannister, who uses his cleverness and wit to cope with his father's rejection of him.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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That Aldous Harding makes this impulse look easy without sacrificing any of the cleverness or creativity that makes her music so immediate is striking, to say the least.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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“Quick-wittedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-wittedness. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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