astute

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Hollub was regarded as a talented petroleum engineer but she was less astute as a financial manager.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

His century against Pakistan was sensational, his on-field leadership tactically astute, but throughout he has looked England's only world-class frontline batter.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

To Grisham’s credit, she will probably go down in history as the smartest, most politically astute press secretary of either Trump administration.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

It’s not a hagiography—the author is too astute for that, and he gives us too much of himself in the story for it to be a flat-out praise-song to another man.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

This seemed like a reasonably astute observation to me when I was eight, but it turns out to be incorrect on a few levels.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan