Thesaurus / astute
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Mujahid has been astute about optics as well — a TV interview with a Taliban official was anchored by a woman journalist.
THE 3 THINGS EXPERTS ARE WATCHING TO EVALUATE THE TALIBANGABBY BIRENBAUMAUGUST 25, 2021VOXKjartansson is an astute artist, and his collaborators include some of Iceland’s most talented and creative composers and musicians.
REVISITING ‘THE VISITORS’: AN ORAL HISTORY OF RAGNAR KJARTANSSON’S MULTIMEDIA MASTERPIECESEBASTIAN SMEE, GABRIEL FLORIT, JOANNE LEEJULY 23, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThey played the fool in the tragedy, although Shakespeare’s fools tended to be more astute.
NIXON KNEW BETTER, BUT HE COULDN’T SAVE HIMSELFJOE KLEINMAY 28, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMy colleague Laura Bradley mentioned an astute observation to me.
COUNTERPOINT: DISNEY’S GIRLBOSS ‘CRUELLA’ ACTUALLY RULESKEVIN FALLONMAY 28, 2021THE DAILY BEASTHardened into received wisdom, this presumption is now repeated even by astute contemporary observers.
LOS ANGELES: “A HUMMING, SMOKING, EVER-CHANGING CONTRAPTION”COLIN MARSHALLAPRIL 28, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWI thought it was odd but one of our group is a retired school principal and very astute.
DOCUMENTS REVEAL COPS CHASING ABSURD ANTIFA AND BLM TIPSKELLY WEILLAPRIL 23, 2021THE DAILY BEASTThe Wire is the classic example, weaving dozens of vividly wrought characters into an intricate, socially astute epic of systemic rot in Baltimore.
JOSS WHEDON'S CONFUSING, OVERCROWDED THE NEVERS INDULGES IN THE LAZIEST HABITS OF TV'S DICKENS OBSESSIONJUDY BERMANAPRIL 9, 2021TIMEAmong them is Klara, a particularly astute robot who loves the sun and wants to learn as much as possible about humans and the world they live in.
IN ‘KLARA AND THE SUN,’ WE GLIMPSE AN EERIE FUTURE THROUGH THE EYES OF A ROBOTVANESSA BATES RAMIREZMARCH 24, 2021SINGULARITY HUB Finding creative and astute ways to build those relationships is key.
BRAND SUMMIT RECAP: MARKETERS FACE LOOMING IDENTITY CRISISDIGIDAY EDITORSFEBRUARY 10, 2021DIGIDAYThe astute judge had no witnesses, so he both fooled his wife and pleased himself, for his will was worthless.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLESWORDS RELATED TO ASTUTE
- all there
- astute
- attentive
- au courant
- aware
- canny
- cognizant
- commonsensical
- conscious
- consequent
- conversant
- cool
- discerning
- discreet
- discriminating
- down-to-earth
- far-sighted
- having all one's marbles
- in right mind
- informed
- intelligent
- judicious
- knowing
- logical
- matter-of-fact
- practical
- prudent
- rational
- sagacious
- sage
- sane
- sentient
- shrewd
- sober
- sound
- together
- well-reasoned
- well-thought-out
- wise
- witting
- acute
- astute
- awake
- aware
- brainy
- conscious
- discerning
- discreet
- ear to the ground
- gnostic
- incisive
- insighted
- insightful
- intuitive
- judicious
- keen
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- knows what's what
- observant
- penetrating
- penetrative
- percipient
- perspicacious
- quick
- rational
- responsive
- sagacious
- sage
- savvy
- sharp
- sophic
- tuned-in
- wise
- wise to
- able
- active
- acute
- adept
- adroit
- all there
- apt
- astute
- bright
- canny
- capable
- clever
- competent
- deft
- dexterous
- discerning
- effective
- effectual
- intelligent
- keen
- knowing
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- prompt
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- quick-witted
- ready
- receptive
- savvy
- sharp
- sharp as a tack
- shrewd
- skillful
- slick
- smart as a whip
- vigorous
- whiz
- wired
- wise
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