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PTHPasteBoard Pro, however, lets you create custom text filters that can perform sophisticated combinations of transformations; actions include "smartening" quotation marks and running text through shell scripts.

Macworld 2010

I note that now even kindies are busy 'smartening' kids with a lot more than the alphabet.

Malaysiakini 2009

I note that now even kindies are busy 'smartening' kids with a lot more than the alphabet.

Malaysiakini 2009

Instead of reeling her husband in, smartening him up and zipping his pants, instead of getting him to respect the trust of every supporter and voter depending on him, she went, with homey interviews about her marriage, woman-to-woman at Rielle.

How the John Edwards Affair Ended Up in the Enquirer 2011

What has since come to pass is a generally smartening up of sound, lineup and songwriting, with some of the hairier tendencies removed from their music if not yet from their faces.

This week's new live music 2011

But then it started smartening up its act, with media and film companies moving in.

Not So Down and Out in London Jemima Sissons 2011

Group Inerane, from Agadez in Niger, seem a way off any such smartening up.

This week's new live music 2011

Hey – Obama is smartening up – he is listening to the right people!

McCain to Obama: 'Drill baby, drill' 2010

Leicester Square is undergoing a £ 16.8 million redevelopment program, which will see new paving, gardens, walkways and fencing, generally smartening up the appearance of one of London's busiest thoroughfares.

Not So Down and Out in London Jemima Sissons 2011

After seeing all the strings attached to the federal stimulus money, states like New Jersey seem to be smartening up.

Broke Glenn Beck 2010