Synonym: sharp, shrewd. Similar words: statute, destitute, constitute, stuff, study, studio, disturb, stumble. Meaning: [ə'stjuːt] adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
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31. He is loathed by some, more traditionally minded officers for his astute and ready use of publicity.
32. Ever since, the Nez Perce have been one of the most politically astute tribes, successfully holding on to their cultural identity.
33. Morgan was surprised at how astute she was. "How did you know that?" he asked.
34. Nevertheless, much discretion remains for departments to increase their power, and politically astute department heads become skillful at doing so.
35. Or was astute enough to realise that what worked for a few hours a week might not work full time.
36. The President's wife is often politically astute, ambitious and very influential in White House policy decisions.
37. Will they have an astute sense of time, space, design, proportion, ratio, and the like?
38. Another astute electoral move helped to win 70% of the black vote for Kennedy.
39. It always annoys me so much the way you girls trot it out like you're saying something so astute and revealing.
40. To stand up in Congress and speak against homeownership would have been as politically astute as to campaign against motherhood.
41. For it was at court, as the more astute realised,(http://sentencedict.com/astute.html) that positions of power and wealth were to be found.
42. Fortunately, the electorate is far more observant and astute than it thinks.
43. To any astute observer, a beech-maple forest displays an integrity and identity as much as a crow does.
44. They would think me, if not a genius, then at least astute.
45. Potential buyers may be lured into the showroom by astute advertising, but in the end they usually take their custom elsewhere.
46. In the space of several months, Nizan was progressively captivated by the refreshingly candid, lively and astute personality of Rirette.
47. Under the surface of an everyday conversation a duel of two astute minds was taking place.
48. And even the more astute types, such as Safire, may have their gumshoes pointed up the wrong alleys.
49. The market in 1994 was at best indifferent, rewarding only the most astute stock pickers.
50. Mrs Thatcher may feel it would be politically astute to take a lead in getting a convention under way.
51. Wilson, who was still in his early thirties, was an astute trainer who sparred with his boxers.
52. It was probably the most astute financial accomplishment of the Herrera administration.
53. He's probably the most astute politician in the Middle East, and we knew we could do business with him.
54. The play comes over as both an astute social comedy and a door-slamming farce.
55. Keiki was an able individual, an astute politician prepared to take heed of the views of both advisers and enemies.
56. This could seen as a graphical art exercise achieved by astute utilisation of a drawing package.
57. Apple is ruthlessly astute in protecting its business model.
58. Shevchenko: Big waste of money or an astute signing?
59. Frawley was an astute, practical man.
60. Zhou Enlai was too astute to rail against reality.
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