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as in nerds
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek
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as in intellectuals
a person with strong intellectual interests
a jock-dominated campus on which geeks were either ridiculed or ignored
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as in experts
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a friend who is an audio-video geek set up my home theater for me
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geeks
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Less of a scene, more for music nerds, said one local attendee in 2024.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024 -
A lot of people think that fermentation happens as an effect of acidity and oxygen deprivation, but those nerds are wrong.—
Fran Tirado,
Them,
18 Dec. 2024
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Other intellectuals, such as the Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, maintain that English serves as yet another tool to entrench British and American culture.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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The magazine played host to heated debates on the place of Christianity in Straits Chinese culture, given that some intellectuals associated Christian evangelism with attitudes of European racial supremacy.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Dec. 2024
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And most of all recommendations, from chefs, meat experts, and in many cookbooks, wouldn't recommend anything past medium.—
Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024
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Mortgage interest rates may decline Fluctuating mortgage interest rates have added uncertainty to the housing market, but experts predict stabilization or slight declines in 2025.—
Brendel Hightower,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024
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Griswold’s story was so thoroughly accepted that, through the 20th century, no one, including academic scholars, thought to question it.—
David B. Parker,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2025
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This Chesapeake Bay island is so isolated that some scholars believe the accent here still retains traces of Elizabethan English, from way back when it was settled in the 17th century.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
6 Jan. 2025
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The call center gurus, the health system process engineers, and quality improvement wizards reading this will certainly say that the issues being experienced with call-center centralization isn’t the result of call center centralization.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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Composed of creative visionaries, innovators, strategists, music mavens, tequila lovers, artists, writers, digital wizards, and more, Where Eagles Dare promotes and practices a collaborative approach that honors all ideas while encouraging employees to learn from their peers’ expertise.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
6 Dec. 2024
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Collaborating with other artists is an effective way to expand your reach.—
Justin Grome,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Collaborate with other artists.—
Justin Grome,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Geeks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geeks. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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