Examples of street-smart in a Sentence
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Bill Jorgensen, a serious-minded broadcast journalist who for 12 years anchored the pioneering, street-smart 10 p.m. newscast on New York’s Channel 5, died on March 13 at his home in Franklin, N.C.
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
To safeguard him from a terror group led by the heinous Jacob Pearce, Taleb teams with street-smart MI6 operative Zara Taylor.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
As the days progress, the audience witnesses his quiet interactions with Takashi (Tokio Emoto), a lazy 20-something co-worker, and Takashi’s street-smart girlfriend Aya (Aoi Yamada).
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
To have a lasting impact, Gates needs to move beyond book-smart elites in privileged circles and champion street-smart unicorn-entrepreneurs everywhere.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Oozing street-smart charm, Moon makes an impressive professional debut as Keys’s alter ego (although one hopes that with this octave-traversing role, Moon’s voice remains suitably rested).
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Here is the street-smart, underappreciated black blues guitarist who passes his knowledge and experience on to a keen white boy who cares only for the music and nothing for the racial apartheid of his day: a friendship that belies all the stereotypes of country music.
—Geoff Mann, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
Her Iconic Red Carpet Looks and Movie Roles One of Summerville’s most daunting tasks was bringing the female lead, Lucy Gray Baird—a scrappy, street-smart performer—to life.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
Throughout the group’s previous albums, André’s sound and style was slowly becoming more eclectic, while Big Boi found comfortability in being the street-smart lyricist who exudes Southern rap.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 29 Sep. 2023
Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
To safeguard him from a terror group led by the heinous Jacob Pearce, Taleb teams with street-smart MI6 operative Zara Taylor.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
As the days progress, the audience witnesses his quiet interactions with Takashi (Tokio Emoto), a lazy 20-something co-worker, and Takashi’s street-smart girlfriend Aya (Aoi Yamada).
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
To have a lasting impact, Gates needs to move beyond book-smart elites in privileged circles and champion street-smart unicorn-entrepreneurs everywhere.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Oozing street-smart charm, Moon makes an impressive professional debut as Keys’s alter ego (although one hopes that with this octave-traversing role, Moon’s voice remains suitably rested).
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Here is the street-smart, underappreciated black blues guitarist who passes his knowledge and experience on to a keen white boy who cares only for the music and nothing for the racial apartheid of his day: a friendship that belies all the stereotypes of country music.
—Geoff Mann, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
Her Iconic Red Carpet Looks and Movie Roles One of Summerville’s most daunting tasks was bringing the female lead, Lucy Gray Baird—a scrappy, street-smart performer—to life.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
Throughout the group’s previous albums, André’s sound and style was slowly becoming more eclectic, while Big Boi found comfortability in being the street-smart lyricist who exudes Southern rap.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 29 Sep. 2023
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“Street-smart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street-smart. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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