How to Use sagacity in a Sentence
sagacity
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The flip side is that sagacity could help mitigate any loss of range.
—Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2021
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As a matter of fact, there’s a sagacity now that surrounds the innocence of his tenor, like a corona around a sun.
—cleveland.com, 31 Dec. 2017
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Kenda said the catharsis and sagacity extends to some of his viewers, who hang on his every clue, quip and breakthrough.
—John Wenzel, The Know, 25 Aug. 2019
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And at least for this weekend, the sagacity of that decision has never been more apparent.
—Tim Griffin, ajc, 5 Oct. 2017
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Well, yeah, there is a lot of that stuff, but so there should be, and what's so pleasantly surprising is how much humor, sagacity, and honesty there is on display as well.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2018
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Each wants from the other something—the artist’s mojo, the critic’s sagacity—that belongs strictly to the audiences for their respective work.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
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Still, some may well question her agency, asking if, at 19, Ms. Eilish has the sense or sagacity to weather the possible fallout.
—New York Times, 4 May 2021
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What mysterious sagacity from 2021’s newest richest man in the world!
—Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2021
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Since then, the 66-year-old Democrat has sunk his wit even deeper into the soft brains of Washington, D.C., balancing a folksy persona with political sagacity.
—John Wenzel, The Know, 14 June 2017
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To primp the sagacity of their remarks, their illustrious pedigrees are paraded.
—Stephen Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018
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In particular, Andre’s verses brim over with aphoristic sagacity and imagery that time-travels you back to his youth in Atlanta, delivered in distinct flows that drift and, later, snaps from bar to bar like hopscotch.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 31 May 2018
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The condition is insulting enough minus the compensatory nuggets of sagacity about how not fretting over your looks is freeing, or about how getting laid is still fun just not that important, and guess what: Men aren’t so crucial after all!
—Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 12 June 2017
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Or perhaps farsighted trading algorithms simply enjoy a sagacity that Twitter users do not.
—Bess Levin, The Hive, 10 Apr. 2017
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In an age when women were pawns in geopolitical alliances, Eleanor was recognized for her authority, diplomacy and political sagacity — a legend in ballads even in her own time.
—Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
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Social distancing in the forest During the lockdown, the tribal people have shown remarkable prudence and sagacity by maintaining the physical distance while collecting the forest produce.
—Hridayesh Joshi, Quartz India, 8 May 2020
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Our jaded, post-Obama media have poisoned the plausibility of this gesture, yet Darkest Hour initiates a genuine, modern approach to political heroism and the Western sagacity that is out of favor.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Jan. 2018
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The sagacity of the editorial review community who are extremely savvy based upon their juxtaposition of product reviews over time can also help.
—Peter Weedfald, Forbes, 5 May 2021
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Even as McConnell’s power base is crumbling, the majority leader’s reputation for political sagacity seems impervious to reality.
—Win McCormack, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
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