How to Use acumen in a Sentence

acumen

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  • 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
  • Even Bill Belichick at that age didn’t have his acumen for football.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bishop Jakes has a lasting track record of business acumen.
    — Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Japan, which has cultivated just this rubbish acumen, is hoping to cash in on the refuse boom.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 23 June 2019
  • What makes Dominguez unique for his age is his advanced baseball acumen and instincts.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • Its pathways reward the acumen of those on the front lines, support the livelihoods of the poor and protect the biodiversity of the planet.
    — Raj Patel, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2021

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