quick-wittedness

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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. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
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Noun
  • Marsch hopes his players’ reaction time and quickness will have improved by the World Cup thanks to the virtual reality.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Astronomers repeatedly attempted to fit subtle shifts in the brightness of T CrB to the few points of reliable historical data on offer, while accounting for fluctuations in the white dwarf's feeding rate.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 June 2026
  • Green, in soft shades from sage to pistachio, is a new neutral that adds nice brightness to a spring wardrobe.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Perhaps not even his cautious approach can shackle the brilliance of this squad.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • His individual brilliance translated to team success, as Manchester City won a continental treble (victories in the Premier League championship; the Football Association (FA) Cup, England’s annual knockout tournament; and the Champions League) for the first time.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • The versatility, the intelligence, the playmaking and that ineffable ability to win — the Frenchman was a basketball romantic’s dream.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • As these systems begin to mirror and amplify human intelligence, agency, and even our flaws, the stakes become existential.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The guys up at Auburn rave about his intelligence, his football acumen and his work ethic.
    Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 20 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Not everyone was taken with his cleverness.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • 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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“Quick-wittedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-wittedness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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