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shrewdness

noun as in astuteness

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The answer didn’t gel with his decades-long experience as a shrewd observer of market shakeouts.

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In the arc of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness; persistence and faith.

Here we saw many types of the Yorkshire man, famed for his shrewdness and fondness for what we would call "dickering."

Scotch shrewdness expresses itself in a phraseology all its own, and of which Donald alone possesses the secret.

Scotch shrewdness has occasionally a certain smack of mild hypocrisy, which, however, does no harm to anyone.

Arnold paused, and his glance held something of shrewdness and a livening challenge.

There is an air of anxious expectancy about him, with a look of Semitic shrewdness in the long, narrow face.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shrewdness, such as: acumen, sharpness, cleverness, intelligence, judgment, and perspicacity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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