as in geek
someone who likes and enjoys technology and modern machines (such as computers)
Technophiles flocked to the convention for a sneak preview of the latest gadgets,
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Recent Examples of technophile
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.
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Carole Horst, Variety, 22 May 2022
People use the terms gearhead, geek, technocrat, and technophile interchangeably.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
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Carole Horst, Variety, 22 May 2022
People use the terms gearhead, geek, technocrat, and technophile interchangeably.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
See all Example Sentences for technophile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for technophile
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Take a day trip to Saba and the World’s Shortest Commercial Runway Another bucket-list destination for aviation geeks is Saba, the Dutch Caribbean island just a 12-minute flight from Sint Maarten.Johanna Read, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Airbus High-tech planes taking off next year Airbus’s newest plane will shake up route maps around the world Aviation geeks have been following the launch of Airbus’s new A321XLR plane with bated breath.Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2024
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An Ascension spokesperson did not respond to questions sent by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Thursday asking whether the health system paid a ransom and what its investigation found about the identity of the hackers.Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
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At the other end of the scale, according to Orange’s research, residential proxy networks have broadly been used for cyber espionage by Russian hackers, in social engineering efforts, as part of DDoS attacks, phishing, botnets, and more.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
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Riffing off the plot of The Holiday, the book swaps Clover, a small-town Ohio farmer fresh off a broken engagement with her high-school sweetheart, and Bee, a San Francisco techie who can’t live up to her wealthy parents’ impossible expectations, into each other’s holiday habitats.Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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The recruitment success enjoyed by Tako and its peers speaks to a growing remote work fatigue, particularly in San Francisco, where housing conditions are often cramped and where a high concentration of young, ambitious techies are eager to comingle.Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Technophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technophile. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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