as in smart
having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment
shows a clear-eyed understanding of what it takes to be successful in business
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Recent Examples of clear-eyed
Filled with fierce lyric tenderness and clear-eyed commitment to revolutionary aesthetic, Terror Counter devoted to the redemption of the self from a world ready to usurp this resistance.
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Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Sanchez is also clear-eyed about his need to sacrifice.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 June 2025
Her hospital self is closer to her true spirit, with its bottom of mortal fatigue and clear-eyed nihilism.
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Seed, who followed her parents’ career paths as a photographer, also discovered a trove of her mother’s own photographs, revealing a distinctive, clear-eyed aesthetic and a nomadic itch.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Sanchez is also clear-eyed about his need to sacrifice.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 June 2025
Her hospital self is closer to her true spirit, with its bottom of mortal fatigue and clear-eyed nihilism.
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Seed, who followed her parents’ career paths as a photographer, also discovered a trove of her mother’s own photographs, revealing a distinctive, clear-eyed aesthetic and a nomadic itch.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clear-eyed
Adjective
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She’s got that great State Farm commercial where everything’s better from the logo – terrific ad, very smart.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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The lead character is the prince, who doesn’t want to be on the throne and is not really that smart.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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As many of our astute commenters guessed, between the peeing on himself and the trouble getting it up, Harry Goldenblatt has prostate cancer.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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An astute and compassionate portrait of sisterhood, flaws and all, the dynamics between the characters are sublime.—
Fran Littlewood
June 24,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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In its pleasantly complicated world-building, the series manages to be a shrewd political thriller, a cracking adventure, and a haunting religious allegory rolled into one.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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Beyond long-running The Lawrence Welk Show, which debuted on ABC on this day in 1955, Welk was a bandleader, an accordion player, and a shrewd businessman synonymous with squeaky-clean (and older-skewing) entertainment.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly stated that recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes inflicted serious damage on Iran's nuclear sites, a sharp contrast to the downplaying by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and one early U.S. intelligence assessment that was leaked to media.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Its exterior is an awkward mashup of new and old ideas—the sharp roofline and giant windscreen give off the impression the car has been crushed—though its dual-color paint job and full-width headlights really work.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 June 2025
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“Clear-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clear-eyed. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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