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Recent Examples of street-smart
As Belle, the street-smart babysitter turned getaway driver, Erivo brings a no-nonsense attitude and physical command that belies her diminutive stature.
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Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Mark is taller and brighter than Darren but infinitely more docile and far less street-smart.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The Hindi-language show stars Ananya Pandey as a former spoiled girl from an elite family who becomes street-smart reporter who mixes being broke with breaking news.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
Still, they’re clearly meant to evoke his scrappy, street-smart beginnings.
—Molly McPherson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The Kiwis were street-smart and nullified home advantage with top-order batsmen who set totals up and a dream seam team with a bang-on frontline spinner.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Though Eddie Murphy still hustles and puts people on, it’s become impossible to think of his street-smart Detroit cop, Axel Foley, as an outsider in America’s richest, flossiest community.
—David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024
England lost the first two domestic Ashes Tests through bravado and failing to adjust their mantra against a more street-smart side.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The Solution Combine street-smart and finance smart.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Mark is taller and brighter than Darren but infinitely more docile and far less street-smart.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The Hindi-language show stars Ananya Pandey as a former spoiled girl from an elite family who becomes street-smart reporter who mixes being broke with breaking news.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
Still, they’re clearly meant to evoke his scrappy, street-smart beginnings.
—Molly McPherson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The Kiwis were street-smart and nullified home advantage with top-order batsmen who set totals up and a dream seam team with a bang-on frontline spinner.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Though Eddie Murphy still hustles and puts people on, it’s become impossible to think of his street-smart Detroit cop, Axel Foley, as an outsider in America’s richest, flossiest community.
—David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024
England lost the first two domestic Ashes Tests through bravado and failing to adjust their mantra against a more street-smart side.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The Solution Combine street-smart and finance smart.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Street-smart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street-smart. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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