shrewd

In Lincoln, Douglass began to see a shrewd politician as well as a partner.

Stone can play shrewd, silly, gorgeous, repellent, frail and frightening simultaneously, in a register at once intimate and grand-scale.

For TV journalist Lauren Morris, the series is a "shrewd decision", as while she has to open up about her personal life, it also helps showcase her fashion business.

This is shrewd on both the merits and politics, and it’s instructive that Democrats scuttled a procedural vote 50-44.

Equally impressive was the shrewd offensive coordinator who was quick with a quip and an answer for any challenge a defense might present.