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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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Second-round pick Lee Hunter, a versatile defensive lineman, stood out in individual drills with his quickness.—
Mike Kaye
Updated May 14,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
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Flemings has speed, short-area quickness, and explosive bounce.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2026
Noun
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If preparing the tzatziki ahead, wait to add the fresh mint and dill until just before serving to preserve their brightness.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Delivering 550 nits of brightness and full 4K resolution at 60Hz, the espresso Pro is capable of displaying more than a billion colors.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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Caused by sunlight-scattering dust in the Martian atmosphere, that unexpected brilliance seems to be planet-wide—save for a region near the world’s north pole.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Also, the brilliance of Tolstoy and Chekhov and Dostoevsky, these geniuses that have gone down in history.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Miguel Díaz Canel’s comments come a day after Axios reported, citing US intelligence, that Havana had acquired hundreds of drones and discussed plans to use them against Washington’s military assets in the region.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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Company leadership and investors emphasize that operating physical retail without real-time intelligence in 2026 is equivalent to leaving billions of dollars on the table.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
19 May 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
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That Aldous Harding makes this impulse look easy without sacrificing any of the cleverness or creativity that makes her music so immediate is striking, to say the least.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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If there’s cleverness to the way Lindsay-Abaire keeps passing the buck of hypocrisy between the members of the neighborhood association, there’s also a pervading sense of decorum that limits how far the satire can go.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Quick-wittedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-wittedness. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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