have acumen

Frequency: 8.87.7 per million words

To be characterized by having shrewdness and good judgment.

acumenVERB + acumen

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Examples (10)

  • She has great financial acumen.
  • To succeed in this industry, you must have significant business acumen.
  • The former CEO had the political acumen to navigate complex boardroom politics.
  • Having such sharp legal acumen makes him an invaluable asset to our team.
  • After years of training, he will have the technical acumen required for the project.
  • Does she really have the strategic acumen to lead a multinational corporation?
  • While he is a brilliant scientist, he doesn't seem to have the commercial acumen to market his inventions.
  • If I had her marketing acumen, our sales figures would be much higher.
  • You don't need to have extraordinary acumen to see that this plan will fail.
  • He is widely considered to have the sharpest political acumen of his generation.