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Recent Examples of brainiac Hollis enrolled him at Terra Environmental Research Institute, a magnet school for science, tech and engineering brainiacs. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 Other designers, like the British Cypriot Hussein Chalayan, brought a compelling sense of brainiac wonder to the fashion world. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024 The company hired a team of brainiacs and gave them latitude to pursue research questions in service of the perfect brew. Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 25 May 2024 The bright-eyed Redmayne really fits the part of a brainiac – especially in a story about one of our greatest minds. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for brainiac
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Noun
  • Chairman Bang is a true visionary and a musical genius.
    Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
  • What genius decided to use position players to pitch in the ninth inning when the team was either way ahead or way behind in a game?
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The star, who portrayed Alex Russo on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, shared a photo from the spinoff’s set of her hand — complete with glittering manicure — holding her red wizard wand on Instagram Stories.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 27 June 2025
  • Jacobs, a White man, likened Walton, a Black woman, to David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • As a film nerd with a 37-inch vertical, Nique Clifford only borrows from the best.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
  • Music supervisor is a job that is part professional music nerd, part aural detective and part crate-digging business affairs exec.
    Peter White, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Increases Blood Potassium Levels Your body needs potassium for kidney, heart, muscle, and brain functions.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 8 July 2025
  • One problem is that in most organization, knowledge is spread around in many systems, brains and silos.
    Stephen Diorio, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

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“Brainiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainiac. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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