Now
Now adjective - Keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment.
Usage example: questioned the moral values of the now generation
Smart
Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.
Both words in one sentence
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Because he's doing a smart-person job now, so he has to look smart (and because he wants to look slightly less like the perpetual teenager he is).
Source: Smart People Wear Glasses -
They were only for rich people who went to the right feeder schools and now almost anyone has the opportunity (as long as they are smart enough and special enough to stand out from all the other smart people applying for the same spot).
Source: Ivy League for Everyone - Engineers will check suspicious behavior around their buildings, and snipers will now be smart enough to back off while firing their SMG instead of charging enemies.
Source: Artificial Brilliance
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