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sagacious

[suh-gey-shuhs] / səˈgeɪ ʃəs /


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There is no stylistic tribalism on offer, just a sagacious balance of good taste and calculated risk-taking.

From New York Times

But her comebacks come off as warm, wry and sagacious in true auntie fashion.

From New York Times

Here we find the words Homer applies to Ulysses, the same descriptions applied to the hero of the Odyssey: sagacious, cunning, astute, shrewd, artful, crafty, deceitful, tricky.

From The Guardian

Giving up might not be the Patriot Way, but neither is pigheaded determination when sagacious rebuilding would be more shrewd.

From New York Times

“We find him clean, merry and sagacious, a wasteful eater and fond of fossils.”

From New York Times