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Adjective
a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights
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Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
The surging success of Nvidia and its chips is driven by its technology, canny marketing, and the requirements of…
Sherwani told Bloomberg the hub is currently focused on relocating and establishing new chip companies without fabs, or fabrication sites, which is where chips are manufactured.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 5 June 2024
But the journey is creepy and trippy, enhanced by Corey Brill’s agility to slip between the canny private detective and Marshall’s innocent nostalgia.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties, by Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Read by: Risa Mei
Length: 9 hrs, 23 mins.
—Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 23 May 2024
The poems, saved by Resi, are touching, sweet, sad, but also funny and witty: all that drilling of Faust had made the family canny versifiers.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Adjective
Casting Anderson is a canny decision for a number of reasons.
—Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
The surging success of Nvidia and its chips is driven by its technology, canny marketing, and the requirements of…
Sherwani told Bloomberg the hub is currently focused on relocating and establishing new chip companies without fabs, or fabrication sites, which is where chips are manufactured.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 5 June 2024
But the journey is creepy and trippy, enhanced by Corey Brill’s agility to slip between the canny private detective and Marshall’s innocent nostalgia.
$22 at Amazon
The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties, by Jesse Q. Sutanto
$18
Read by: Risa Mei
Length: 9 hrs, 23 mins.
—Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 23 May 2024
The poems, saved by Resi, are touching, sweet, sad, but also funny and witty: all that drilling of Faust had made the family canny versifiers.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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“Canny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canny. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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