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acumen
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  • He had founded the company after a year in college, with no particular business acumen or measurable goals.†  (source)
  • No one topped Chicago in terms of business drive and acumen, but within the city's upper echelons there was a veiled anxiety that the city in its commercial advance may indeed have failed to cultivate the finer traits of man and woman.†  (source)
  • 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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  • J. T. once showed his ledgers to the board of directors to prove, as if proof were needed, the extent of his business acumen.†  (source)
  • But this view seemed to underestimate Swaney's political acumen.†  (source)
  • This way, they may witness for themselves how brightly his own flash and the inordinate acumen with which they shine.†  (source)
  • Look what he's done with his skills and his political acumen!†  (source)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The next day, Lourdes works extraconscientiously, determined to prove to herself that her business acumen, at least, is intact.†  (source)
  • In the hundreds of thousands of games that these spectators had seen in their collective lives, few had ever seen a catcher—even in the pros—with the baseball acumen and presence of mind to shadow the runner down the first base line.†  (source)
  • Giggling at my acumen, she rolled her eyes and said, "Git on!"†  (source)
  • While Phillis has the business acumen, Douglas is the socialite.†  (source)
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