quick-wittedness

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Noun
  • Nearly equal in brightness, the contrast in color will be striking.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • Enter the clip book light, a good way to light up the page at a brightness suitable for not-so-new eyes without harshing the reading vibes.
    Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • McDavid's individual brilliance still hasn't, with Florida denying the Oilers a Stanley Cup for a second consecutive season.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 18 June 2025
  • The '80s and '90s were full of near-comebacks, false starts, flashes of brilliance under layers of confusion.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Israel’s attempt to achieve these highly ambitious goals with an air campaign and sophisticated intelligence networks, but without the deployment of a ground army, has no modern precedent.
    Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched an initial offensive on Friday, targeting Iran's military and intelligence leadership, along with critical nuclear sites.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • But Lord knows, there’s a mountain of acumen and perspicacity or, in plain terms, good horse sense stored in those minds and souls.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Writing outside of a traditional educational environment could also provide more insight into how AI works in more generalized tasks.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 June 2025
  • In the meantime, Trump must pay attention to the insights provided by rival camps in his MAGA universe: the isolationism of Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson versus the interventionism of Mark Levin and Laura Loomer.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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“Quick-wittedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-wittedness. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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