savvy
Frequently Asked Questions
- Our users are savvy—they know how it should work and they’ll certainly let us know when it doesn’t.
- It was a savvy decision that demonstrated her depth of experience.
- He had no business savvy at all—he lost money on every deal he ever made.
- I knew he’d be great at game design since he’s always been so tech-savvy.
Example Sentences
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Previous research has found that people who aren’t savvy about their mortgage choices effectively provide a subsidy to people who make better choices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Despite their unorthodox belief system, some more contemporary examples, such as Scientology, are savvy in deploying the religious protections offered by the Constitution to secure legal and financial benefits.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
AI savvy can help distinguish a candidate, but it’s no guarantee that they’ll be hired, said career coach Burke.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Newsom is an incredibly savvy politician so he is clearly aware that voters are a lot more upset or concerned about data centers than they were a year ago.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Both boats had savvy coxswains and powerful, experienced oarsmen.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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
What remains to be seen is whether these widened requirements will indeed make high-school graduates much savvier about all aspects of money in the long run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
In other cases, regarding HSAs specifically, people are using the money in a much savvier way.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 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
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Even the savviest, most battle-tested investors may fear missing out.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
And the savviest Americans take advantage of all three.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
But the savviest choice might just be another school that many Americans don’t want to pick: Michigan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 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 Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)
There's one man up there savvies downhill shootin'.
From The Land of Strong Men by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)
I says to myself: 'Jo's been on the grade all her life and savvies conditions.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston
"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 Bower, B. M.
And say, even if I couldn't have savvied a word, that smile would have been enough.
From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell
Said it was easy to run three-year-olds off their own range single handed if you savvied horses.
From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
That's about how he would have put it aboard ship, but he hadn't quite savvied this shore-going chief clerk at his elbow.
From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
I tho’t you savvied that, I sure did, or I’d ha’ put you wise.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell
"Jim, I savvied your feelin's was hurt—by thet talk about Texas—an' when she up an' asked you."
From The Man of the Forest by Grey, Zane
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 Phillips, Henry Wallace
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 Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
For savvying everything, there's nobody going to give him the go-by!
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater
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