shrewdness

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Noun
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched an initial offensive on Friday, targeting Iran's military and intelligence leadership, along with critical nuclear sites.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
  • Israel’s attempt to achieve these highly ambitious goals with an air campaign and sophisticated intelligence networks, but without the deployment of a ground army, has no modern precedent.
    Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • With the shoreline in easy sight, the injured Nancy is stranded to fight off a killer shark with nothing more than her wits (and a seagull, which becomes her Wilson the volleyball).
    Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 20 June 2025
  • Solo ended her high school career wit ha 63-19 record and a 1.78 ERA.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • But Lord knows, there’s a mountain of acumen and perspicacity or, in plain terms, good horse sense stored in those minds and souls.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • The accepted wisdom goes something like this: since the dawn of our species, human communities have been stitched together by the belonging impulse.
    Dr. Rami Kaminski, Time, 18 June 2025
  • Some are quick to point out that graduation rate may not be the best number to judge the success of a community college or even the wisdom of enrolling.
    Michael B. Horn, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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