How to Use acumen in a Sentence

acumen

noun

• Her political acumen won her the election.
• 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
• Wait until late May to perform some financial maneuvering when your business acumen is at a peak.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2019
• Not to mention all that power underfoot, and the surprising cornering acumen.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 July 2020
• Late August is when your business acumen is at a peak, and September may be an ideal time for a getaway or romantic interlude.
  — oregonlive, 19 June 2020
• Holm isn’t likely to wade into an immediate brawl, as Cyborg did, and her kickboxing acumen is likely to force Nunes to be more patient.
  — Greg Beacham, The Denver Post, 5 July 2019
• Even someone like Buffett, nearly knighted for his investment acumen, may need investor behavior reminders.
  — Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 19 July 2020
• The idea, conceived in a country that already outperforms much of the rich world in education, is to figure out whether a bit more financial acumen will help Finns borrow less.
  — Kati Pohjanpalo, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• Your business acumen is at a peak in late September and early October, making that an ideal time to re-evaluate your finances or business plans.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• His tactical acumen, however, has been legitimately lambasted time and again.
  — SI.com, 12 July 2018
• Perhaps a better test of President Trump’s political acumen falls in a battleground state like Nevada.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 13 June 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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: 27 Oct 2024