as in smart
having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment
a police detective known to be an astute judge of character
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Recent Examples of astute
Another accidental productive out and some astute baserunning in the second inning brought in their second run.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
The astute businesswoman was heralded by our Forever First Lady Michelle Obama after Chapman helped Black women lean into their love of the former FLOTUS’s groundbreaking memoir, Becoming.
—Bridgette Bartlett, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
McDonnell will portray Jen, the astute mother-in-law to John (Holloway) who looks after his daughters after an electromagnetic pulse attack throws society into chaos.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Instead of viewing this as a lack of ambition, astute employers will recognize it as a wake-up call about what motivates the future workforce in a post-social contract age.
—Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
The astute businesswoman was heralded by our Forever First Lady Michelle Obama after Chapman helped Black women lean into their love of the former FLOTUS’s groundbreaking memoir, Becoming.
—Bridgette Bartlett, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
McDonnell will portray Jen, the astute mother-in-law to John (Holloway) who looks after his daughters after an electromagnetic pulse attack throws society into chaos.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Instead of viewing this as a lack of ambition, astute employers will recognize it as a wake-up call about what motivates the future workforce in a post-social contract age.
—Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for astute
Adjective
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For me, it’s been really essential to read a lot of great information, and to come at the world filled with knowledge and all these ideas of, in my view, much smarter and braver people than myself.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Those rats were smarter, and their brains were larger and more complex than the brains of the rats in the isolated condition.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Wallstedt is a fan of YouTube videos showing shrewd traders buying and selling high-end watches — some of them valued at $15,000 or more — in the Diamond District, located on 47th Street not far from Times Square.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
20 Oct. 2025
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Costco, though, was a shrewd recombination of what had come before rather than a straight copy.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations.—
Jenny Porter Tilley,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With them, outrage becomes fuel for sustained, wise action.—
Marc Brackett,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hubert will play a wise woman who meets Hilary (Coco Jones) and becomes instrumental to the Banks family.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Astute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astute. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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