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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As police and protesters engage in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, social media savvy students are turning ingenuity into a form of resistance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The 7,000-square-foot lot remains vacant but has proved to be a savvy investment, now assessed at $1.2 million by Maui County.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Brighton have a reputation as one of the most savvy operators, but they are also one of the most prolific.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is in the fight of her political life, facing a vigorous challenge from City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a savvy campaigner who was until recently a close ally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They were savvy enough to bargain for forty minutes.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Is there a tech CEO who seems savvier than their peers?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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
Adults under 35 turn out to be the savviest shoppers when it comes to refinancing, according to the research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Looking back, moving to one of the most expensive cities in America may not have been the savviest financial decision.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Even the savviest, most battle-tested investors may fear missing out.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Enter the NFL RedZone channel, one of the savviest things anyone’s ever put on TV.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025
These scenes make the likes of Amy Poehler seem even more human and likable and argue that Tracy Morgan, who has no shortage of grinning confidence and charm, might be one of Michael’s savviest discoveries.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 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
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
There's one man up there savvies downhill shootin'.
From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
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
"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
And say, even if I couldn't have savvied a word, that smile would have been enough.
From Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford
He savvied the cow, the grass, the blizzard, the drought, the wolf, the young puncher in love with his own shadow, the old waddie remembering rides and thirsts of far away and long ago.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by J. Frank (James Frank) Dobie
"I haven't savvied the code out well enough yet to read this one."
From El Diablo by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
Oh, don't be an ingenue; you savvied more than anybody on the job.
From The Iron Trail by Rex Ellingwood Beach
They "savvied," and they told him so, each after his own individual manner.
From The Flying U Ranch by B. M. Bower
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
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
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