savoir faire
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The Spanish champions have the experience, the savoir faire, the heritage, the money time mentality and the talent.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
Growing up, Mukarram showed a strange mix of savoir faire and ineptitude.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023
Selections went from fine French bottlings to show American savoir faire toward U.S. labels as domestic wines improved in quality and stature.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020
James, pillow-lipped and constitutionally ebullient, never manages to play a convincing mouse, and Hammer signifies his savoir faire by smoking cigarettes and dispensing clipped orders to underlings.
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2020
She knew absolutely how to make the best of herself, and she had a savoir faire and precocious knowledge of the world decidedly in advance of her sixteen years.
From The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life by Brazil, Angela
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