astute
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Its return is the result of an astute observation by a Chicago bride-to-be — a woman she calls a guardian angel — who now needs to find her own missing heirloom gown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The chemistry between this oaf and the astute Elinor is nonexistent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Chema Andres, 21, looks to be another astute summer purchase in midfield after Baleba's departure.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
My astute stepmother leaned over and whispered to me, “Oh, dear.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Any concession to British economic and military power, no matter how strategically astute, seemed a betrayal of the very independence won in the Revolution.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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