shrewd

Example Sentences

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The turn from smartphone dependency to AI is a shrewd one.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

This is a regime built on shrewd survival.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

Duvall's performance as The Godfather's Tom Hagen, the shrewd chief advisor to Marlon Brando's ageing Don Vito Corleone, earned him his first Academy Award nomination in 1973.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

In “One of Us,” Elizabeth Day’s shrewd novel of political ambition and personal retribution, the unlikely avenger is a diffident British art historian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

He leaned forward slightly and his manner took on a shrewd and significant air.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller