Example Sentences

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As the film rolls on, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” astutely reminds viewers of exactly what’s at stake when billionaires get a little too cozy with art.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

They are idealistic and impatient, fluent in slogans and sarcasm, and astutely aware that the system they are training to enter may have no particular use for them.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“Bottom line,” Comer’s resignation letter astutely observes, “this is a leadership group that doesn’t know what it doesn’t know, and that is the most dangerous place in which an institution can be placed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

This biography astutely portrays how “Diggs’s personal failures and weaknesses” counterbalanced his impressive professional strengths and prematurely ended a career of no little significance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

He only argued astutely that they all spoke French among themselves,—man, boy, squaw, and pappoose.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles