shrewdness

Example Sentences

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And for decades, Ajit Pawar navigated it with a mixture of pragmatism and shrewdness, swiftly rising through the ranks.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Anthropic’s business prospects—and the shrewdness of its main investors, Amazon and Google—may be more deserving of notice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Napoleon ascends through shrewdness and dumb luck, taking advantage of anti-royalist sentiment one minute and crowning himself emperor the next.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

One welcome shift from past cinematic renderings is screenwriters Peres Owino's and NneNne Iwuji's emphasis on Cleopatra's shrewdness as a political and military strategist, traits often subsumed by her legend as a seductress.

From Salon • May 11, 2023

For brilliance he substituted shrewdness and a kind of daring.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson