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astute

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


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His astute handling of the October 1987 stock market crash, which saw more than 30% wiped off share prices, earned Greenspan many plaudits.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

But it appears there’s another reason for New Yorkers to like the basketball star known for his clutch play and modesty: He’s an astute analyst of comparative state tax rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Loeb also noted the astute venture-capital investments Bankman-Fried made in companies including Anthropic and Cursor.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

A woman named Evgenia Zabogonska emerges as one of the book’s most forceful protagonists, the theater’s lighting director who transforms into an astute, organized wartime leader.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 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




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