as in insight
the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships
a novelist of surprising sagacity considering his youthfulness
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Moreover, his character is too much of an idealized stock figure, brought on at intervals to dispense sagacity, especially about the virtues of tolerance.
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Kyle Smith, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
Their life experiences hold within them more knowledge and enlightenment, more discernment and sagacity than can be found anywhere else.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
For those eager to place real-life bets, diligent research and the stock market may offer validation of sagacity.
—Steven Phillips, STAT, 6 Sep. 2022
But that scholar would also have acknowledged their courage, intellectual rigor, sagacity and political skill.
—Barton Swaim, WSJ, 24 May 2022
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Kyle Smith, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
Their life experiences hold within them more knowledge and enlightenment, more discernment and sagacity than can be found anywhere else.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
For those eager to place real-life bets, diligent research and the stock market may offer validation of sagacity.
—Steven Phillips, STAT, 6 Sep. 2022
But that scholar would also have acknowledged their courage, intellectual rigor, sagacity and political skill.
—Barton Swaim, WSJ, 24 May 2022
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“Sagacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sagacity. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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