rocket science
noun
: the science of designing or building rockets
also
: something that is very difficult to learn or understand
The job is challenging, but it's not exactly rocket science.
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Her career path has included circus arts, dance, education and rocket science.
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Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
There’s no rocket science to this; Bossman Dlow found something that works and everyone wants a piece of it.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 13 July 2024
Instead, the plan described is another rocket science approach — with percentage benchmarks and multiple teacher-pupil segments.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
Complicated rocket science Putin's upcoming trip to North Korea, first reported by Russia's Vedomosti newspaper, will reciprocate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's trip to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East last September.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
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Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
There’s no rocket science to this; Bossman Dlow found something that works and everyone wants a piece of it.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 13 July 2024
Instead, the plan described is another rocket science approach — with percentage benchmarks and multiple teacher-pupil segments.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
Complicated rocket science Putin's upcoming trip to North Korea, first reported by Russia's Vedomosti newspaper, will reciprocate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's trip to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East last September.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
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“Rocket science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocket%20science. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.
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