: 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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As a symbol of national ingenuity and know-how, the frosty specimen is kind of out-there.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
The Ducks rode the momentum of that goal into overtime, but ran into an experienced Golden Knights team with plenty of know-how about these situations.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The government also recently launched a $33 million project to capture the know-how of master technicians in a database, aiming to improve productivity and address an aging, shrinking workforce through robotics.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
The two entrepreneurs — Begley is the founder of Tribe Dynamics and Cloyes cofounded Youth to the People — have taken their business know-how to a bubbly new brand called Fathers.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
The Ducks rode the momentum of that goal into overtime, but ran into an experienced Golden Knights team with plenty of know-how about these situations.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The government also recently launched a $33 million project to capture the know-how of master technicians in a database, aiming to improve productivity and address an aging, shrinking workforce through robotics.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
The two entrepreneurs — Begley is the founder of Tribe Dynamics and Cloyes cofounded Youth to the People — have taken their business know-how to a bubbly new brand called Fathers.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for know-how
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“Know-how.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/know-how. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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