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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The 7,000-square-foot lot remains vacant but has proved to be a savvy investment, now assessed at $1.2 million by Maui County.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Brighton have a reputation as one of the most savvy operators, but they are also one of the most prolific.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Bardella, a savvy user of social media who projects a clean-cut image, has been a key player in Le Pen's project of "de-demonisation" to make the RN into an electable force.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The technological savvy used by the criminal groups dates back to the Cold War, when Romania’s Communist regime trained legions of engineers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Germany would present herself to the world as an unusually clean, efficient, modern, technologically savvy, cultured, vigorous, reasonable, and hospitable nation.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
Tenev and Bhatt had built the company for the first-time investor, but had attracted many savvier, highly active traders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
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
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
It’s no wonder that some of the savviest teams in the league understood it was worth shelling out for a good one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 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
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
There's one man up there savvies downhill shootin'.
From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
"I haven't savvied the code out well enough yet to read this one."
From El Diablo by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
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
I was young, but I savvied what it meant....
From Colorado Jim by George Goodchild
And say, even if I couldn't have savvied a word, that smile would have been enough.
From Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford
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 James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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
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
For savvying everything, there's nobody going to give him the go-by!
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray
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