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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for streetwise
Adjective
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Goldwyn continued to crave the skills of savvy, street-smart writers like Hellman, the kind of intellect who might elevate an industry many cultured people still looked down their nose at.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Cutting satire ensues when the girl’s street-smart sister, who believes her sibling is being devoured whole by the 1 percent, intervenes to save her.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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In its pleasantly complicated world-building, the series manages to be a shrewd political thriller, a cracking adventure, and a haunting religious allegory rolled into one.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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Beyond long-running The Lawrence Welk Show, which debuted on ABC on this day in 1955, Welk was a bandleader, an accordion player, and a shrewd businessman synonymous with squeaky-clean (and older-skewing) entertainment.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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“Streetwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streetwise. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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