street-smart
Example Sentences
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He has kept what was good about the Jurgen Klopp era - the high press and all that - but they just seem a little bit more street smart.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024
His protagonists are smart, street smart, shrewd, skillful or some combination of those qualities as a rule.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023
How then do we balance our social need for a certain degree of mutually presumed integrity with a self-preserving requirement for some street smart skepticism of Greeks bearing gifts?
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023
The deeply caring Tess is a perfect victim, but she’s also street smart, and her soft skills and ability to read others are the most effective powers for fighting the evil she encounters.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2022
I keep chattering and though she’s my little sister, she’s street smart.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
