plural wizzes
chiefly US, informal
: a person who is very good at something : wizard sense 2
a computer/financial wiz
She's a wiz at math.
Sheriff Woody was doing some unnatural things. Of course, he's a cartoon character, an invention of the wizzes at Pixar …—
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Examples of wiz in a Sentence
he must be some kind of wiz to have graduated college at age 19
Recent Examples on the Web
When another young black musical wiz, Teddy Riley of the hip-hop group Guy and co-producer of Michael Jackson’s 1991 Dangerous album, comes to a recording studio in Virginia Beach, Williams gets his opportunity.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
Ex-student Charles is a trigonometry wiz, but all the logic in the world can’t prevent his longing for death.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Sep. 2024
Luckily, he’s got a tech wiz (Ariana DeBose) and a sidekick (John Cena) watching his back.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
Billy Strings, May 21, Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
Music
Billy Strings, metal head turned bluegrass wiz, set for San Diego gig at Soda Bar
Oct. 17, 2018
13.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
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Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
Ex-student Charles is a trigonometry wiz, but all the logic in the world can’t prevent his longing for death.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Sep. 2024
Luckily, he’s got a tech wiz (Ariana DeBose) and a sidekick (John Cena) watching his back.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
Billy Strings, May 21, Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
Music
Billy Strings, metal head turned bluegrass wiz, set for San Diego gig at Soda Bar
Oct. 17, 2018
13.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiz. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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