canniness
Example Sentences
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Her relative youth — she is 26 years old — belies a canniness and intelligence, her former colleagues said.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2022
But analysts also say Kainerugaba lacks his father's political canniness.
From Reuters • May 19, 2022
How that canniness expresses itself may have little to do with what’s literally on the page.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2022
She’s a wonderful mix of decent values and applied canniness.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2020
The old hound had the canniness of a wolf.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
