streetwise
Example Sentences
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It fielded a streetwise staff — at first made up primarily of former prisoners — who had the “ability to read people in unpredictable situations.”
From Los Angeles Times
The epitome of low-budget high concept, this impressively sustained but often irritatingly overwritten real-time exercise features an ever-assured Johnson as a streetwise young traveler and Sean Penn as her very loquacious cab driver.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's just about being sensible and streetwise to where you are."
From BBC
Yet the talent on her streetwise imprint did not share her enthusiasm.
From Los Angeles Times
"Someone who is streetwise and has a certain swag, and also someone you could trust and feel safe with."
From BBC
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