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Recent Examples of gearhead
Resident best American screen teen Hailee Steinfeld plays Charlie Watson, an 18-year-old gearhead who just wants a car of her own — and who misses her deceased father terribly.
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
That sort of vintage feature really plays to Leica gearheads, who likely won’t mind shelling out for the modern piece of Leica history.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
After all, diehard gearheads cite the lack of emotion of EVs as being their primary reason for hating them.
—James Morris, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
In related gearhead print-publication news, Sound & Vision, a magazine devoted to audio-video products — and the successor to the veneral Stereo Review magazine — announced at the end of September that its current issue would be its last.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
That sort of vintage feature really plays to Leica gearheads, who likely won’t mind shelling out for the modern piece of Leica history.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
After all, diehard gearheads cite the lack of emotion of EVs as being their primary reason for hating them.
—James Morris, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
In related gearhead print-publication news, Sound & Vision, a magazine devoted to audio-video products — and the successor to the veneral Stereo Review magazine — announced at the end of September that its current issue would be its last.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gearhead
Noun
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Not everyone can be Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, but the legions of techies who lined up at SAP Center to hear his GTC keynote could at least eat like him Tuesday morning.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
19 Mar. 2025
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While the beginning of this transit was all about momentum, Mercury retrograde brings a pause, causing potential communication breakdowns, misunderstandings and even techie glitches.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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As a result, even formerly bloodless technocrats have found new vigor when being picked on by the Trump administration.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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It would be made up of technocrats unaffiliated to any Palestinian faction, according to the Egyptian plans shared with NPR.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Redford heads a team of eccentric misfits that includes a former CIA Agent (Sidney Poitier), a conspiracy theorist (Dan Aykroyd), an awkward geek (River Phoenix), and a blind man (David Strathairn) who get in over their heads when tasked with finding a device capable of breaking any code.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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The 135-room hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is definitely for the AV geeks.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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After thwarting an attack against the celebrated technophile, Franklin picks up a mysterious ring that Burrell has dropped and soon discovers the ring allows its possessor to travel 57 seconds into the past.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
22 May 2022
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People use the terms gearhead, geek, technocrat, and technophile interchangeably.—
Kim Komando,
USA TODAY,
14 Apr. 2022
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“Gearhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gearhead. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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