as in insight
the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships
a novelist of surprising sagacity considering his youthfulness
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Recent Examples of sagacity
But carry a big stick, in the form of astute sagacity.
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Essence Editors, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
Anne Kaufman Schneider, who shepherded the plays of her father, George S. Kaufman, a titan of 20th-century American theatrical wit, into the 21st century with an acerbic sagacity all her own, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan.
—Barry Singer, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Yet Schrader seems insensitive to the sorrow and sagacity that John Huston made palpable in his adaptation of Under the Volcano by another Canadian author, Malcolm Lowery.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
For decades, Americans believed that the various democratic safeguards rooted in the court system, the media, and civic norms allowed the country to navigate federal-state tensions with sagacity.
—Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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Essence Editors, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
Anne Kaufman Schneider, who shepherded the plays of her father, George S. Kaufman, a titan of 20th-century American theatrical wit, into the 21st century with an acerbic sagacity all her own, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan.
—Barry Singer, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Yet Schrader seems insensitive to the sorrow and sagacity that John Huston made palpable in his adaptation of Under the Volcano by another Canadian author, Malcolm Lowery.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
For decades, Americans believed that the various democratic safeguards rooted in the court system, the media, and civic norms allowed the country to navigate federal-state tensions with sagacity.
—Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
See All Example Sentences for sagacity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sagacity
insight
Noun
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But the study still has some useful insights for us, and the most important is that injuries don’t come out of nowhere.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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The General Land Office manages public land, public school funding, and disaster relief, yet most Texans have little insight into how decisions are made.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Sagacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sagacity. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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