Synonym: sharp, shrewd. Similar words: statute, destitute, constitute, stuff, study, studio, disturb, stumble. Meaning: [ə'stjuːt] 
adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. 
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1. It was a pretty astute deduction.
2. A good leader must be an astute judge of ability.
3. He made a series of astute business decisions.
4. He is an extremely astute political tactician.
5. The electorate is astute enough to vote tactically against the Government.
6. It was an astute move to sell just before prices went down.
7. The criminal was very astute and well matched the detective in intelligence.
8. She was politically astute.
9. It was an astute move to sell the shares just then.
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10. She was astute enough to realize that what Jack wanted was her money.
11. But Imelda Finnegan was astute, strong in instinct.
12. The astute Mr Quiles has made a promising start.
13. But this elite group was very astute.
14. Caving into Jorge Mas Canosa was politically astute.
15. Each of our senses is a remarkably astute censor.
16. An alert mind and trained eye give astute evaluations.
17. Pittsburgh women have always been astute football fans.
18. An astute businessman and virtual workaholic, he has his finger in more proverbial puddings than Little Jack Horner.
19. Porras found an astute ally in newly elected President Alvaro Arzu, a pragmatic businessman with an instinct for building consensus.
20. Intense prayer, along with astute technical and diplomatic skill, was dedicated to this problem.
21. Barley is much too astute to state this baldly, but it informs his every strategy as author.
22. Her observations were astute and her writing lively, but in my opinion she never went far enough.
23. The more astute Hecker discerned that Brownson, without knowing it, was really pointing himself toward Catholicism.
24. Not even the most astute planning can cover the infinite variables thrown up by a sport of such bewildering complexity.
25. It was great fun, Jack Benny being one of the most astute performers anyone could meet.
26. She always had an eye for a bargain and was very astute in her shopping.
27. The scale of the riots seemed to surprise even the most astute commentators.
28. The threat of all Darlington Catholics voting against him was the most astute piece of political blackmail I have ever seen.
29. But Dole had little choice but to roll the dice in a way that surprised even the most astute political observers.
30. He could chip his golf ball with precision and was an astute reader of tricky greens, especially on long putts.
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