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astute

[uh-stoot, uh-styoot] / əˈstut, əˈstjut /


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Astute viewers will note that it isn’t midwinter according to the calendar but it is in their lives; “break” therefore threatens to mean something more than just a short vacation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Astute punchlines can be potent, taking on a life of their own, spreading faster and farther from their origin than nearly any official statement.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

The Astute class is the Royal Navy's current fleet of attack submarines, which have nuclear-powered engines and are armed with conventional torpedoes and missiles.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

Astute readers realized that the editor was likely a machine.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

They are the sons of good families, and have to be taken care of—Remittance-Men, Astute Persons, Clever Nobodies, Good Fellows!

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert




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