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Skill in noticing what matters and making sound practical judgments.

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astuteness

The editor's astuteness helped her identify the manuscript's strongest argument.
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Before printing, Ravi agreed to scrutinize the route notes, comparing each address with the organizer's confirmed location list. His discernment helped him separate a harmless variation in a building's nickname from a genuinely wrong street number. He showed astuteness by noticing that two individually workable clues sent teams through the same narrow entrance at once.
From Choosing What Deserves Attention.
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