How to Use acumen in a Sentence
acumen
noun- Her political acumen won her the election.
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Saba has wasted little time in developing his acumen as one of the city's more gifted rappers and producers.
— Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017 -
Your business acumen hits a low point in February so stick to routines and wait until May to make your move with money, career, or your business plans.
— Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2017 -
That Mike Krzyzewski would bring him aboard implies that Hopkins’ basketball acumen is well-regarded.
— Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 3 July 2017 -
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, prides himself on his business acumen.
— Luis Gómez Romero, The Cannabist, 18 May 2017 -
What the Kardashians are to authentic glamour the Trumps are to authentic executive acumen.
— Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 18 May 2017 -
That the brothers are now poised to emerge from the Carwash scandal without facing any criminal charges is a testament to their near-preternatural acumen for bargaining.
— Gerson Freitas Jr, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2017 -
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 -
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
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