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When Harris first stepped out as the nominee, she was all jauntiness and humor/quick wit/cheek, but she then sank back into the party’s old habits.

From Salon

This, she added, had left people at "their wits' end" and feeling punished – including the person living in a care setting.

From BBC

He pauses, then adds with his trademark dry wit, “An ‘Alien’ musical.”

And it helps that the band has a writing style that interjects memorable wit and humor into catchy songs about relatable topics — particularly for its audience of largely therapy-attending millennials and Gen Zers.

How does wit work differently for you in these two different settings?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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