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smart and perceptive- Astute investors spread their risk instead of investing all their money in just one thing.
astute = smart and perceptive
- The astute agent realized that the small print in the contract could severely hurt his client's bank account.
- The astute scouting report helped the team win the game.
- An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease.
- An astute consultant noted that the company had optimized their internal computer systems, but had not optimized data sharing with their vendors and customers.
- Had his astute mind guessed the secret, then?Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- I'd say that's a remarkably astute analysis.Stephen King -- The Shining
- Very astute. ... It was exactly what he himself would have done.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- "you've completely changed, you used to be so astute, are you losing it now?"Franz Kafka -- The Trial
- Astuteness makes a forester, not brawn,Homer -- The Iliad
- I knew that so astute a villain would see that our hands were tied in the matter.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Few Little League pitchers had the courage, astuteness and ability to manage those types of pitches.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- Mundt gained a reputation as a loyal and astute protector of the people, and he silenced forever those tongues that could betray his secret.John Le Carre -- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
- For all his sagacity, for all his caution and astuteness, the old judge had gone the way of the rest.Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
- The young man seemed rather astute, Moon thought, and determined, as well.Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
- This time broken by the drawl of the astute congressman from Tennessee.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- Very astute, Harry, but...J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- "How astute of you," Grover burped.Gish Jen -- Typical American
- it ... was a fairly astute analysis of the relationship between Chris and Walt McCandless.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- He studied the lieutenant unobtrusively with little astute eyes.Graham Greene -- The Power and the Glory
astute = smart and perceptive
astute = smart and perceptive
astute = smart and perceptive
astute = smart and perceptive
astuteness = intelligence and perception
astute = smart & perceptive
astuteness = intelligence and perception
astute = smart and perceptive
astuteness = smart perceptiveness
astute = smart and perceptive
astute = smart and perceptive
astute = smart & perceptive
astute = smart and perceptive
astute = smart and perceptive
astute = smart and perceptive