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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
smarten .
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Examples
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I plan to do more if this market smartens up. kmwd on 09 Feb 2009 at 11: 57 am #
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I think this is a chapter in his book and hopefully he smartens up and creates his own ending and don't let nobody else create it for him. '' ...
USATODAY.com 2008
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Google Finance smartens up for your smartphone (Google Mobile Blog) ...
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Sittenfeld's trick is that she smartens up literary genres that are traditionally somewhat limited.
Curtis Sittenfeld: 'American Wife is the opposite of satire' Hadley Freeman 2010
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My suggestion, until someone smartens me up, is proximity and reward.
Michael N. Smith: Teachertudes Michael N. Smith 2010
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My suggestion, until someone smartens me up, is proximity and reward.
Michael N. Smith: Teachertudes. Michael N. Smith 2010
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This show smartens us up rather than dumbing us down.
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Dawg's Blawg: Free speech follies: Maclean's smartens up
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If the beating smartens her up - he will have done her a favor.
Video of Police Beating Released in Washington State - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Kids love space, space requires science, science smartens us, enlightens us, and makes us leaders in innovation.
New Obama Ad: McCain Is Bad On Space -- And Bad For Florida 2009
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