How to Use acumen in a Sentence

acumen

noun

• Her political acumen won her the election.
• His father taught him about the business, and those lessons and his acumen were put to the test in 1971.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2020
• Porter and a lot of young guys like him come in the league with no defensive acumen.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
• And, frankly, his acumen is exactly what the Bucks need.
  — Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Hip Hop Award for his rap mastery and business acumen over the last two decades.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2020
• Or will the Hoosiers, who have lost four games to teams ranked in the top 10 at the time, summon the defensive acumen to slow them down?
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2021
• No one comes close to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s acumen in muscling bills through the House.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
• The burst of activity and high-tech acumen thrills many space fans.
  — Clive Thompson, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2020
• His football acumen has enabled the Browns to throw the kitchen sink at him from the moment he was drafted No.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 13 Aug. 2017
• De la Fontaine's keen acumen of the St. Barth clientele helped realize the first pop-up.
  — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• Zeke absorbed a lot of his wrestling acumen by watching.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2021
• His football acumen was such that a player on a rival team would call him in the middle of the season to talk shop.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Beyond his peerless route-running and elite hands, Kelce’s game-day acumen is off the charts.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2020
• Yet for as much honor as Baker brings to the game, there have always been whispers about his acumen in the dugout.
  — New York Times, 23 Oct. 2021
• His strategic acumen was such that the old coach of this same player's team would call during the season to talk X's and O's.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Even Bill Belichick at that age didn’t have his acumen for football.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
• Van Doren's son, Steve Van Doren, said his father's acumen helped make the business a success.
  — Robert Jablon, USA TODAY, 8 May 2021
• Anita Dalton provided the financial acumen to keep the gun shop afloat through the decades, the men said.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2021
• Because the Ravens’ starting safeties rarely leave the field, the veterans behind them will have to make the team with their special teams acumen.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 27 July 2021
• There’s plenty of disagreement over Trump’s acumen in all of them.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• The league’s reach and marketing acumen was on full display Wednesday with the release of the 2021 schedule.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 12 May 2021
• Wright will have to lean on his business acumen to navigate the turmoil.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2020
• Women aren’t being snubbed for a lack of business acumen.
  — Susanne Althoff, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2020
• The 6′11 Mobley has the size and defensive acumen to be effective against Embiid and make sure the Cavs aren’t crushed on the glass.
  — cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022
• Thompson brings a veteran acumen to help the Bulls maintain size when Vučević isn’t on the court.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2022
• But those who have worked alongside him the past nine years in other baseball roles say his acumen hasn't faded.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2020
• That road map often comes from Knight’s business acumen.
  — al, 11 Mar. 2022
• Make huge strides in your job, career or business in July when your business acumen is at a height.
  — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 8 May 2017
• Her seat may be tougher for Democrats to hold in 2024 without a candidate on the ballot who has Ms. Porter’s fund-raising acumen.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• Zurbuchen was impressed not just by Robinson’s technical acumen, but also his skills with a workforce.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024