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The phrase "astute to" can be grammatically correct and is often used in written English, especially in formal or academic writing.
It means "having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage." Example: The new CEO was astute to the company's financial troubles and quickly implemented a cost-cutting plan to turn the business around.
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He and Hunt are too politically astute to fall out.
[T]he courts should be astute to examine the effect of the challenged legislation.
Yet he is far too astute to see the continent through rose-tinted glasses.
The outcome:You, dear readers, are too astute to be swayed in such a way.
"It's much more politically astute to offer some solutions and ask for support".
But its social observation was astute to the point of prescience.
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The Great British Sex Survey (Channel 4) was, as the astute-to-barely-sentient among you will no doubt have suspected from the first sighting of the title in your schedules, a pile of toss.
The trick, he said, is to be "astute enough to pick out the patterns that connect you to the DNA".
"Roger Tilles is astute enough to know the ability to effectively compromise is what solves problems," he said.
Sarah Gray Cary used her quick intelligence and astute judgment to help her family adapt to their shifting fortunes.
Farrelly said it was unrealistic to expect a "pragmatic and astute" Aung San Suu Kyi to criticise her hosts.
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