streetwise

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Recent Examples of streetwise 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 Our conscious experience is assembled on the fly as our brains respond to constantly changing inputs, calculate potential courses of action, and execute responses like a streetwise kid. Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012 See All Example Sentences for streetwise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for streetwise
Adjective
  • At first, this looks like just another mismatched cop thriller, with Denzel as the street-smart veteran teaching young pup Ethan Hawke a few tricks.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Garry Marshall's flick spins a modern Cinderella story starring Julia Roberts as the scrappy, street-smart escort Vivian and Richard Gere as leverage buyout executive Edward, who offers her a taste of the high life in exchange for her company at social gatherings.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The deadline day signing of Kolo Muani was a shrewd move to give him another option.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Craig has played shrewd detective Blanc in 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Streetwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streetwise. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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