In a sentence
Six example sentences with astute, each labelled with its topic.
The astute point guard noticed the defender favoring his left knee and drove that direction all fourth quarter.
Basketball
An astute trader spotted the shipping backlog months before the earnings call and quietly built a position in tankers.
Finance
Her astute reading of the supplier's cash troubles let her renegotiate the deal at terms nobody else obtained.
Business
An astute campaign manager noticed the suburbs shifting months before the polls did and moved every ad dollar there.
Politics
The astute founder saw that customers used the export button more than the product itself and rebuilt the company around it.
Startups
Astute merchants in the port bought grain before the harvest reports arrived and sold when prices doubled.
Economics
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