streetwise
Example Sentences
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In Coltrane’s streetwise translation, it becomes, “Somebody’s got to bend the arc of the moral universe. It don’t bend on its own.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Pulisic said Pochettino has helped to make a talented US team more streetwise ahead of the clash.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Before it had just been one big, bouncy blue and orange Macy’s balloon, streetwise New York City behaving like some bucolic basketball Mayberry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
They will need to do far better against a City side that could be too sharp and streetwise for them, but their age is not an excuse.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
Goldman was from Queens, a streetwise, muscled Air Force veteran in his forties, and I considered him a stalwart.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
