Sample Sentences foracumen (auto-selected)
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She built a very successful company with uncommon business acumen.acumen = ability to make good decisions
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Real estate acumen does not always extend across universes.† (source)
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Thus he could take credit for all of Ye's research results and papers, and cast himself as an exemplary political officer with both technical acumen and revolutionary zeal.† (source)
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He had founded the company after a year in college, with no particular business acumen or measurable goals.† (source)
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At Oxford he showed all the zeal and acumen which were Rex Mottram's in London.† (source)
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But when St. John had mused a few moments he recommenced as imperturbably and with as much acumen as ever.† (source)
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For a man who was never in the country, and who did not evidently do much in the way of business, his knowledge and acumen were wonderful.† (source)
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He lacked the grace and acumen to despise only the blacks.† (source)
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Giggling at my acumen, she rolled her eyes and said, "Git on!"† (source)
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But this view seemed to underestimate Swaney's political acumen.† (source)
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Cedric thinks, as he crushes the empty Tropicana container, that he's always had a natural acumen for these sorts of calculations.† (source)
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What the onslaught of Iranian students did assimilate was a realization that the people could have a voice in determining their form of government, and it was this growth in political acumen that eventually brought about the shah's downfall.† (source)
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With commendable and rather surprising acumen, the senior man had identified me as the probable originator of the message; but this only led to the posing of a new and even more disturbing mystery, since no one could be found who would admit to having authorized me to go to Tierra del Fuego in the first place.† (source)
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I've instructed Liv to bring all her selling acumen and brinkmanship to bear on this, as I need every last dollar to carry through my other aims.† (source)
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The next day, Lourdes works extraconscientiously, determined to prove to herself that her business acumen, at least, is intact.† (source)
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When the man mentioned that he had not appeared before the Supreme Court for more than thirty years, Tappan said no one doubted his legal acumen or skills of oratory.† (source)
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