as in intelligence
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
she had the smarts to start college at age 16, but perhaps not the emotional maturity
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Noun
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The director of national intelligence in theory sits atop the hierarchy of U.S. intelligence agencies, although no one treats the position that way in reality.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Recap Ratcliffe also pledged repeatedly at his nomination hearing to focus more on the rising threat posed by China and to upgrade the agency’s technological capabilities to improve its intelligence collection efforts.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The common symptoms are nausea, stomach pain, fever, headaches, and body aches.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
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Other symptoms may include stomach pain, fever, headache, body aches, or dehydration.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Franklin’s Pragmatic Idealism: Impact Over Ideology Franklin’s brilliance was not only in his intellect but in his ability to turn ideas into real-world solutions.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Reeder’s a smallish winger (5-foot-10, 170 pounds) who relies on his on-ice intellect to navigate the ice, play off his linemates, find pockets of space and distribute.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Hindu family, in other words, will not be coerced into sending their children to the Lutheran school in the sense that they will be tossed into jail if their kids go to the secular school.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
28 Jan. 2025
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And not much tension is built into the film before then — just a long list of odd incidents without any sense of rising action.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Smarts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smarts. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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