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
Along with John Adams, Madison was America's most astute student of the role of the passions as a political force.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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