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Former England Test captain Michael Vaughan also questioned the team's smartness and called for honest reflection for the side to start competing with Australia, who set the "benchmark for men's and women's cricket".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

“Bjorkstrand, I think he’s been a little snakebit and he’s playing a little better than his numbers probably indicate. I really like his smartness and his stickwork and a lot of things.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2023

“I can’t measure her smartness, but she’s curious, and I think it’s the way of being smart,” said Maciej Ryszczuk, Swiatek’s fitness trainer and physiotherapist.

From New York Times • May 24, 2022

“We have a vaccine for that smartness virus that’s been in the art world for the last fifty years.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

The strange boy had none of the bustling smartness of the usual Boston apprentice.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes