shrewdness

Example Sentences

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It is a warm and generous portrait, but the film lacks its central organizer’s propulsive shrewdness.

From New York Times

“In his fashion designs and his approach to business, he was attuned to his moment in history. He demonstrated a certain kind of shrewdness.”

From Los Angeles Times

We can debate the good, the bad, the fairness, the inequality to the bone, but I sure salute the kids for their courage and commend them for their shrewdness.

From Seattle Times

The 25 miles of medieval porticoes, columned and covered sidewalks looping serpentine through the city, are a lasting relic of Bologna’s tendency to match timelessness with millennia of postwar shrewdness and metamorphosis.

From Washington Post

The prime minister was able once again, by dint of emotional intelligence or political shrewdness, to strike the right notes.

From Washington Times