savvy

The wandering sheriff is confident enough not to be strident, wise enough to maintain order as best he can, and savvy enough to read other people, which keeps him alert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Most of Donald Trump’s success in politics has stemmed from his reputation as a savvy dealmaker.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

Victoria described herself as "quite savvy" and said attending free events in the city helped keep costs down during the school holidays.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

While technical savvy matters, the trick for candidates is also building their network and building the case for why they’re a good hire.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Though it was off-hours, Calvin was savvy enough to usher this celebrated man and his friend in to meet the ladies.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Breyer’s emphasis on bridge-building, Murray said, might have been a savvier strategy when the court was more closely divided between five conservatives and four liberals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

But the market may be growing savvier about distinguishing between companies at risk of disruption and those set to benefit from AI.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

If a bill would be painful but manageable, paying out of pocket may be the savvier move in the long run.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

Covino is seemingly more smooth and together, though riddled with insecurities, while Marvin initially appears hapless and vulnerable, with an emotional intelligence that reveals him to be savvier than he first appears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

Relieved that I didn’t have to worry about him, I followed Sabrina and Daphne, another girl from Lykes Cottage who was a year older than I was and who seemed savvier than Sabrina.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Looking back, moving to one of the most expensive cities in America may not have been the savviest financial decision.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Even the savviest, most battle-tested investors may fear missing out.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

But that conceptual shift can be challenging for even the savviest of technologists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Enter the NFL RedZone channel, one of the savviest things anyone’s ever put on TV.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025

These scenes make the likes of Amy Poehler seem even more human and likable and argue that Tracy Morgan, who has no shortage of grinning confidence and charm, might be one of Michael’s savviest discoveries.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2025

This fine example is plush and ripe, with plenty of nectarine and citrus flavors but without the aggressive grassiness of some New Zealand savvies.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

Them guns," said Dave, "pretty near shoot themselves if a feller savvies a gun at all.

From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm

There's one man up there savvies downhill shootin'.

From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm

I says to myself: 'Jo's been on the grade all her life and savvies conditions.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Arthur Preston Hankins

"When he gets the thing figured out, in six months or a year, and savvies it was a put-up job from the start, somebody'll have it coming."

From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by B. M. Bower

I tho’t you savvied that, I sure did, or I’d ha’ put you wise.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum

Oh, don't be an ingenue; you savvied more than anybody on the job.

From The Iron Trail by Rex Ellingwood Beach

Then he ordered out a lot of stock papers, an' the first thing we knew, we was askin' him questions about things 'at we'd allus supposed we savvied from tail to muzzle.

From Happy Hawkins by Robert Alexander Wason

He begun to look at me, awful steady and sober, and he looked and he looked–like as if he hadn’t just savvied.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates

And say, even if I couldn't have savvied a word, that smile would have been enough.

From Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford

Well, there's time for a chin before the choo-choo starts—thought I'd be early, not savvying this kind of travelling a great deal.

From Red Saunders His Adventures West & East by Henry Wallace Phillips

For savvying everything, there's nobody going to give him the go-by!

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray

And Johnnie he cruises over to China, and the old fellow, savvying how things are, says all right, marry, and they get married, and he gives 'em his blessing and lays down and dies.

From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly