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Recent Examples of streetwise
The guy loved Seaver because Seaver did not have to be streetwise.
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Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
Those exchanges gave Gout permission to pepper the screenplay with personal details and sharpen the dialogue of the Latino characters with streetwise Mexican modismos.
—Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
The quintessential scene pits Levee’s streetwise blasphemy against the religious Cutler (Colman Domingo).
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Jan. 2021
The newspaperman and author specialized in streetwise tales of New York City.
—oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2020
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Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
Those exchanges gave Gout permission to pepper the screenplay with personal details and sharpen the dialogue of the Latino characters with streetwise Mexican modismos.
—Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
The quintessential scene pits Levee’s streetwise blasphemy against the religious Cutler (Colman Domingo).
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Jan. 2021
The newspaperman and author specialized in streetwise tales of New York City.
—oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2020
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“Streetwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streetwise. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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