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Recent Examples of street smarts
As Hernández Cordón pointed out, Calva straddles the line between his middle-class upbringing, raised by a single mother who instilled in him an affinity for the arts, and the street smarts attained by wandering a large metropolis with kids from other socioeconomic backgrounds.
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Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
Kotick grew up in Roslyn, N.Y., and has the kind of Long Island street smarts that have helped many East Coast expats in Hollywood.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
One example is Kenneth Roberson, who moved into 90 Sands last September and was a lively source of knowledge and street smarts for me throughout my research.
—Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Lawrence was a fighter, had street smarts and a great sense of humor.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
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Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
Kotick grew up in Roslyn, N.Y., and has the kind of Long Island street smarts that have helped many East Coast expats in Hollywood.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
One example is Kenneth Roberson, who moved into 90 Sands last September and was a lively source of knowledge and street smarts for me throughout my research.
—Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Lawrence was a fighter, had street smarts and a great sense of humor.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
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“Street smarts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street%20smarts. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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