astuteness
Example Sentences
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Yet scholars deem Baldwin to have displayed many admirable leadership qualities—magnanimity, political astuteness, trustworthiness—and he was successful by his own lights, having passed reforms in housing and pensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
It is unreasonable to believe someone can work 16 hours straight and maintain the alertness and astuteness needed to maintain a safe and rehabilitative environment.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
She sees something Valentina keeps hidden and uses this astuteness to angle for a job singing in the hotel lounge.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
“Downstate,” directed with exceptional astuteness by Pam MacKinnon, seizes on our reflexive response to these crimes and shifts our emotional focus to the perpetrators.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022
This can be called a civil principality, the acquisition of which neither depends completely upon virtue nor upon Fortune, but instead upon a fortunate astuteness.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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