plural wizzes
chiefly US, informal
: a person who is very good at something : wizard sense 2
a computer/financial wiz
She's a wiz at math.
Sheriff Woody was doing some unnatural things. Of course, he's a cartoon character, an invention of the wizzes at Pixar …—
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he must be some kind of wiz to have graduated college at age 19
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Fun fact from Mariners PR wiz Alex Mayer: the team has actually had a four-homer game on the road, by Mike Cameron in Chicago in 2002, since its last three-homer game at home.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In the snippet, which is taken from Ramsey’s popular show, the money wiz shakes his head and buries it in his hands.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
Creative wiz Michael Lasswell is already hard at work on the set design, and of course, iconic stage talent Steve Scott is the artistic director at Dunes Summer Theatre.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
At the time, Barnett was a rising star in the speakers’ circuit because of her son Jacob, a physics wiz with autism who made headlines for excelling at school when experts doubted his abilities.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In the snippet, which is taken from Ramsey’s popular show, the money wiz shakes his head and buries it in his hands.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
Creative wiz Michael Lasswell is already hard at work on the set design, and of course, iconic stage talent Steve Scott is the artistic director at Dunes Summer Theatre.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
At the time, Barnett was a rising star in the speakers’ circuit because of her son Jacob, a physics wiz with autism who made headlines for excelling at school when experts doubted his abilities.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiz. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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