smarts

Example Sentences

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It’s essentially the difference between book smarts and street smarts.

From MarketWatch

Common sense, street smarts, the ability to communicate with people and have people respect you and like you and want to work with you.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the player payroll is just about the same for every team, then success would depend in large part on the smarts of ownership and management.

From Los Angeles Times

But as the smarts improve, so will the privacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

That can leave the occasionally repetitive “Zodiac Killer Project” with a shallow aftertaste to go with its smarts.

From Los Angeles Times