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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he must be some kind of wiz to have graduated college at age 19
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Ace pianist Josh Nelson is serving as the music director and Los Angeles sax wiz Nicole McCabe will do the honors on alto.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Harper Stern, Industry’s biz-wiz protagonist, exposes his fraud and makes a ton of money in the process.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Stine, who Forbes says is dyslexic and mildly autistic, also is a math and data wiz and a formidable negotiator.
—Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 2 Mar. 2026
Luciane Buchanan starred in seasons 1 and 2 as Rose, a tech wiz who is first rescued by titular night agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), and quickly turns into his partner.
—Ashley Boucher, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Harper Stern, Industry’s biz-wiz protagonist, exposes his fraud and makes a ton of money in the process.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Stine, who Forbes says is dyslexic and mildly autistic, also is a math and data wiz and a formidable negotiator.
—Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 2 Mar. 2026
Luciane Buchanan starred in seasons 1 and 2 as Rose, a tech wiz who is first rescued by titular night agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), and quickly turns into his partner.
—Ashley Boucher, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiz. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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