shrewdness
Example Sentences
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And for decades, Ajit Pawar navigated it with a mixture of pragmatism and shrewdness, swiftly rising through the ranks.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
Anthropic’s business prospects—and the shrewdness of its main investors, Amazon and Google—may be more deserving of notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Napoleon ascends through shrewdness and dumb luck, taking advantage of anti-royalist sentiment one minute and crowning himself emperor the next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
One welcome shift from past cinematic renderings is screenwriters Peres Owino's and NneNne Iwuji's emphasis on Cleopatra's shrewdness as a political and military strategist, traits often subsumed by her legend as a seductress.
From Salon ● May 11, 2023
He was not concerned, Mr Compson said, about the courage and the will, nor even about the shrewdness now.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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