as in prudence
the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters
the company needs a new leader with the gumption and know-how that comes from experience
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Gather your gumption to get through this — and remember that there’s a brilliant life waiting for you on the other side.
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2024
But for seven months, Biden has allowed himself to be ignored and steamrolled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the question now is whether the court ruling will help Biden find the gumption to pressure Israel to obey the decision.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
Again, Melanie’s reassuring presence gives Taylor the gumption to tell her story.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
So, too, will the opportunity awaiting any would-be political leader with the gumption to articulate a foreign policy that promises to achieve the aim of the original America First movement: to ensure the safety and well-being of the United States without engaging in needless wars.
—Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2024
But for seven months, Biden has allowed himself to be ignored and steamrolled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the question now is whether the court ruling will help Biden find the gumption to pressure Israel to obey the decision.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
Again, Melanie’s reassuring presence gives Taylor the gumption to tell her story.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
So, too, will the opportunity awaiting any would-be political leader with the gumption to articulate a foreign policy that promises to achieve the aim of the original America First movement: to ensure the safety and well-being of the United States without engaging in needless wars.
—Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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