street-smart

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Recent Examples of street-smart Still, they’re clearly meant to evoke his scrappy, street-smart beginnings. Molly McPherson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 The Kiwis were street-smart and nullified home advantage with top-order batsmen who set totals up and a dream seam team with a bang-on frontline spinner. Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Though Eddie Murphy still hustles and puts people on, it’s become impossible to think of his street-smart Detroit cop, Axel Foley, as an outsider in America’s richest, flossiest community. David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024

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“Street-smart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street-smart. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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