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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.
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Sergio Burstein,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2021
The quintessential scene pits Levee’s streetwise blasphemy against the religious Cutler (Colman Domingo).
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Armond White,
National Review,
1 Jan. 2021
The newspaperman and author specialized in streetwise tales of New York City.
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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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Following Tiffany’s departure, Tanya Roberts’ street-smart former model Julie joined the agency and remained through the conclusion of the series.
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Yet there’s something disarming about how Riley’s sense of play holds this street-smart meta-rebellion fantasy together.
Adjective
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Mary — played by Deirdre O’Connell, who has been in a million things, most recently The Penguin and Eddington — is too shrewd to just agree to sell the air rights for whatever price best suits Jimmy & Co.
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But even here, Wilde’s stylistic choices can veer from shrewd to overly studied.
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