the ability to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
She tackles the topics with perspicacity and toughness, pairing her emotional investigations with hard-blitzing beats and thumping unapologetic rhythms.
Raj Thackeray, a pugnacious politician in Mumbai, is enraged by the diminished status of Marathi and the predominance of English in the city.
New York Times
(Feb 16, 2011)
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
It described the slow but inexorable process of disruption that occurs when a new technology peels off low-value customers and markets.
Forbes
(May 23, 2014)
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
A lot of employers put their hiring plans on hiatus during the summer months because they believe the entire world is on vacation.
Forbes
(Aug 6, 2014)
But she was resolute after becoming increasingly radicalized and believed she would be helping to wage a holy war, court documents said.
Los Angeles Times
(Jan 23, 2015)