shrewdness
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Generosity and shrewdness, in these cases, reinforced each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
When the stakes are high, he demonstrates a shrewdness in managing his image.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
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
For brilliance he substituted shrewdness and a kind of daring.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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