know-how

Example Sentences

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Russian military know-how has enabled Kim to shift more resources to bread-and-butter areas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

She asked whether they could use their technology and know-how to engineer something that could similarly save lives in the event of wildfire flames.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It takes a lot of know-how to puppet and train a robot, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The implication was clear: farming know-how had been imported into the “waterworld” hunter-gatherer communities by women.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

They possessed the academic know-how, they possessed the technical and the scientific skills that could help to lead their mass of poor, black brothers out of our condition.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey