savoir faire
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The Spanish champions have the experience, the savoir faire, the heritage, the money time mentality and the talent.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
Growing up, Mukarram showed a strange mix of savoir faire and ineptitude.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023
The festivities, online and on CBS, demonstrated the power of Broadway savoir faire.
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2021
James, pillow-lipped and constitutionally ebullient, never manages to play a convincing mouse, and Hammer signifies his savoir faire by smoking cigarettes and dispensing clipped orders to underlings.
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2020
In spite of her timidity, she had a certain savoir faire.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
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