savvy
Frequently Asked Questions
- Our users are savvy—they know how it should work and they’ll certainly let us know when it doesn’t.
- It was a savvy decision that demonstrated her depth of experience.
- He had no business savvy at all—he lost money on every deal he ever made.
- I knew he’d be great at game design since he’s always been so tech-savvy.
Example Sentences
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Nuanced, engaging public health communication takes training, skill, and savvy.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
MarketWatch journalists don’t bet on individual stocks or sector funds tied to industries that they cover, but we spend every day following financial markets and reporting on savvy strategies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
In 1967 she recorded Curly Putman’s “Dumb Blonde,” her first charting song as a singer and a savvy choice that spoke to her as both an image and as flesh and blood, as she sang:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
She was also a savvy businesswoman who wasn't afraid to make tough decisions.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
They were savvy enough to bargain for forty minutes.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Breyer’s emphasis on bridge-building, Murray said, might have been a savvier strategy when the court was more closely divided between five conservatives and four liberals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
But the market may be growing savvier about distinguishing between companies at risk of disruption and those set to benefit from AI.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
If a bill would be painful but manageable, paying out of pocket may be the savvier move in the long run.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
In other cases, regarding HSAs specifically, people are using the money in a much savvier way.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2025
Relieved that I didn’t have to worry about him, I followed Sabrina and Daphne, another girl from Lykes Cottage who was a year older than I was and who seemed savvier than Sabrina.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Even the savviest, most battle-tested investors may fear missing out.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
And the savviest Americans take advantage of all three.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
That challenge is growing, even for the savviest of us.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
Mr. Carlson is one of the savviest and most experienced media figures in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Enter the NFL RedZone channel, one of the savviest things anyone’s ever put on TV.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025
This fine example is plush and ripe, with plenty of nectarine and citrus flavors but without the aggressive grassiness of some New Zealand savvies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
I says to myself: 'Jo's been on the grade all her life and savvies conditions.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Arthur Preston Hankins
Them guns," said Dave, "pretty near shoot themselves if a feller savvies a gun at all.
From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
"When he gets the thing figured out, in six months or a year, and savvies it was a put-up job from the start, somebody'll have it coming."
From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by B. M. Bower
There's one man up there savvies downhill shootin'.
From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
I tho’t you savvied that, I sure did, or I’d ha’ put you wise.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum
I was young, but I savvied what it meant....
From Colorado Jim by George Goodchild
And it’s a blamed good thing my bronc savvied how t’ tend to business without me doin’ much!
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates
That's what the father said—aye, or somethin' mighty like it; but I told him, I wrastled with him till he savvied.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
And say, even if I couldn't have savvied a word, that smile would have been enough.
From Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford
And Johnnie he cruises over to China, and the old fellow, savvying how things are, says all right, marry, and they get married, and he gives 'em his blessing and lays down and dies.
From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
For savvying everything, there's nobody going to give him the go-by!
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray
Well, there's time for a chin before the choo-choo starts—thought I'd be early, not savvying this kind of travelling a great deal.
From Red Saunders His Adventures West & East by Henry Wallace Phillips
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