: knowledge of how to do something smoothly and efficiently : expertise
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you'll gain some practical know-how in this auto mechanics class
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Given her considerable know-how and compelling background, why did Atkins’ campaign fizzle?
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
This means capturing and protecting an organization’s collective intelligence — not just data, but the decisions, judgment, intuition, and know-how that usually live in people’s heads.
—Swami Chandrasekaran, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
State control of the industry under successive socialist governments has sidelined the foreign investment and know-how required to mine the metal, highly prized in the energy transition and in particular for the manufacture of EV batteries.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Since its debut, Rene has starred on Tracker as Reenie Greene, an attorney whose legal know-how comes in handy as Colter busts bad guys.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
This means capturing and protecting an organization’s collective intelligence — not just data, but the decisions, judgment, intuition, and know-how that usually live in people’s heads.
—Swami Chandrasekaran, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
State control of the industry under successive socialist governments has sidelined the foreign investment and know-how required to mine the metal, highly prized in the energy transition and in particular for the manufacture of EV batteries.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Since its debut, Rene has starred on Tracker as Reenie Greene, an attorney whose legal know-how comes in handy as Colter busts bad guys.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Know-how.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/know-how. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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