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
Not long ago, a quick-service pit stop would have been unimaginable coming from a restaurateur known for his savoir faire and designer suits.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
It conveys immediacy, material reality, improvisation as well as flamboyance and glamour, savoir faire.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2018
That’s what Don tells Peggy when she gives up her baby, and what Don’s life represents: An utter severing of past and present, of Dick from Don, of pain from savoir faire.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2015
No tact, no savoir faire, no knowledge of the world, no old soldierism that ever I heard of, was proof against this.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
"Our reputation is at stake. That is why we must unite all our knowledge, our efforts, our savoir-faire to achieve this goal."
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2023
An institution near rue Mouffetard, La Tuile à Loup cultivates beauty by preserving the savoir-faire of traditional artisans in the countryside.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
For those who aspire to be guardians and stewards of French savoir-faire, what better way to prove it?
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2019
Nagle shows us the internalized anguish behind Wilde’s deceptive passivity — the thwarted brilliance and loss behind his valiant savoir-faire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2019
He was painfully aware that he lacked the ecclesiastical aplomb and savoir-faire that enabled so many of his colleagues in other faiths and sects to get ahead.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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