streetwise
Example Sentences
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Rangers could have been more streetwise when re-establishing their two-goal lead and Rohl laid down the gauntlet to his players.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
So, do I go with the energy of Leeds or back streetwise Palace?
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
No whiff of the streetwise bunch who suckered Croatia and Poland within days of each other last November.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025
Heralded for her Olivier-winning performance as Alma in Williams’ “Summer and Smoke,” Ferran, a Spanish British actress, is completely fluent in the playwright’s grand, streetwise lyricism.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025
“You want fair? How come a kid as streetwise as you seem to be is so naive when it comes to real life?”
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
