: 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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Because of this, ice bunkers were generally only utilized by social elites such as the royals, who possessed the necessary technological know-how and labor force.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
So Ryan had the know-how and the clout to be able to hound Bill Murray for God knows how long to be able to get him.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
The report also crystalises Gauss Fusion’s vision of a ‘Eurofighter for Fusion’ – a pan-European programme that combines industrial know-how, national investments and supply-chain capacity to deliver energy sovereignty for Europe, as per the release.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
That demand is also creating opportunities for companies selling that know-how as a service, like Scale AI, best known for its data labelling business but which has expanded into helping enterprises, including Morgan Stanley, with AI applications.
—Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
So Ryan had the know-how and the clout to be able to hound Bill Murray for God knows how long to be able to get him.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
The report also crystalises Gauss Fusion’s vision of a ‘Eurofighter for Fusion’ – a pan-European programme that combines industrial know-how, national investments and supply-chain capacity to deliver energy sovereignty for Europe, as per the release.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
That demand is also creating opportunities for companies selling that know-how as a service, like Scale AI, best known for its data labelling business but which has expanded into helping enterprises, including Morgan Stanley, with AI applications.
—Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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 24 Oct. 2025.
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