as in intelligence
exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters
a woman with the thick-skinned shrewdness to survive in a tough business
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Recent Examples of shrewdness
And Ten Hag’s training ground shrewdness was meant to correct that.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrewdness
Noun
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The platform acts as an intelligence layer that stitches together disparate systems and data within an organization.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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From intelligence, the defense minister said the military knew the kingpin's security detail was heavily armed – outfitted with long arms and rocket launchers – and troops planned for a siege.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Her Meryll Rogge collections are full of color, wit, and sophistication, but always with a dash of the unexpected.—
Nicole Phelps,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2026
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Dropout Improv—The highly popular comedy platform takes its sharp wit and quick-thinking comedy offline and onto the stage in a special SXSW performance!—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Cignetti has tapped into a distinctly Hoosier brand of team pride, which proves that his acumen is just as strong off the football field as on it.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
28 Jan. 2026
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The guys up at Auburn rave about his intelligence, his football acumen and his work ethic.—
Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.com,
al,
20 Jan. 2023
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Taken together, these insights helped scientists arrive at the current prevailing theory that a Mars-size object smashed into Earth, ejecting a blob of molten material from our planet that became the moon.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Published in Geophysical Research Letters, the study offers new insights into Uranus’s upper atmosphere, confirm its long-term cooling trend and provide key constraints for ice giant ionospheric and magnetospheric modeling.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Shrewdness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrewdness. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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