knack
Example Sentences
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Jazz haunts with debts owed to its creators, and has a knack for revivals, collectives, new venues in the old forms, and stalwart clubs revivified by benefactors and grant funding.
From Los Angeles Times
Moses Brown had already sunk a fortune into a failed cotton mill when he was introduced to Slater, a brash young Englishman with big promises and a knack for self-promotion.
From Barron's
Ms. Sala has a knack for describing the almost physical discomfort of deep boredom.
Yet wrapped up in his peculiarity has been a knack for rubbing America’s face in realities.
He went on to Harvard Business School, and professionalized his knack for assessing risk and knowing when to bet.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.