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astute

[uh-stoot, uh-styoot] / əˈstut, əˈstyut /


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Astute viewers will note that it isn’t midwinter according to the calendar but it is in their lives; “break” therefore threatens to mean something more than just a short vacation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Astute punchlines can be potent, taking on a life of their own, spreading faster and farther from their origin than nearly any official statement.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

Astute readers realized that the editor was likely a machine.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

The ultimate model will be British-designed — an entirely new class to be called the SSN-AUKUS, the successor to the current Astute — and will contain extensive U.S. technology.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2023

Astute inquiries, however, eventually led them to discover that a lady, answering to the description of the ghost they had seen, had once lived at —— House.

From Scottish Ghost Stories by O'Donnell, Elliott




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