rocket science
noun
: the science of designing or building rockets
also
: something that is very difficult to learn or understand
The job is challenging, but it's not exactly rocket science.
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Thankfully the cure to the above isn’t rocket science.
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Jessica Tisch, the commissioner for the New York City Department of Sanitation, openly acknowledges that the idea is not rocket science.
—Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
And so, in California, new discoveries in physics, optics, and math were born—rigorously researched and then applied, becoming the stuff of rocket science.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Her career path has included circus arts, dance, education and rocket science.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Jessica Tisch, the commissioner for the New York City Department of Sanitation, openly acknowledges that the idea is not rocket science.
—Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
And so, in California, new discoveries in physics, optics, and math were born—rigorously researched and then applied, becoming the stuff of rocket science.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Her career path has included circus arts, dance, education and rocket science.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Rocket science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocket%20science. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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