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smarts

British  
/ smɑːts /

plural noun

  1. slang know-how, intelligence, or wits

    street smarts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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While Borthwick has generally been wedded to speed and breakdown smarts in his back row, there is the option of adding some bosh.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

In June, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, told us the company is rebuilding Siri on a new underlying architecture to improve its AI smarts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

But as the smarts improve, so will the privacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Petey Thunkle wanted only normal smarts, because then maybe he’d get only normal teased.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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