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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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Hunter is a space eater with the quickness to make plays on the interior.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Keep in mind that correctness is more important than quickness, and empathy builds credibility.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The base model starts at $1,599, while the higher-end Studio Display XDR starts at $3,299 and adds features aimed at more demanding professional use cases, including higher brightness, mini-LED backlighting and a faster refresh rate.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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The brightness of the 8K display is 150 times brighter than a typical planetarium and 10 times brighter than the digital projection at any local movie theater.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Pixel Watch blends style and smartness in a way most wearables miss.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The part that celebrates their humanity, their brilliance, and their potential—all bound up together in ours.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Kimi Antonelli, who debuted with Mercedes last year at age 18, showed flashes of brilliance — and inconsistency — last season.—
Sahil Kapur,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Of what could be seen, however, open source intelligence analysts identified the IRIS Sahand, IRIS Sabalan, and IRIS Zagros as damaged, and the IRIS Makran as heavily damaged.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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According to data from air cargo market intelligence firm Rotate published Sunday, the airspace closures in the Middle East resulted in an 18 percent week-over-week decline in available global air cargo capacity.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 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 | cstephenson@al.com,
al,
20 Jan. 2023
Noun
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As to the famous fine line between stupid and clever, the stupidity and the cleverness are all but inextricable, and to the point.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Gartside tended to lead with the deconstructionist angle on his writing, and most critics seemed to take it as a given that all the lovey-dovey stuff was conceptual cleverness, a way of infiltrating pop and turning its lingua franca in on itself.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
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Inside, cabinets are crammed with Happy Meal toys from around the globe, offering surprising insights into regional preferences and pop culture trends.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Next, the team wants to use digital reconstruction methods to correct deformation on other parts of the skull, such as the braincase, to reveal insights about the brain size of Little Foot — and potentially unlock clues about the cognitive abilities of our early human ancestors.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Quick-wittedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-wittedness. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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