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Recent Examples of gearhead
From cold-weather staples like packable down jackets and cozy mittens, to casual favorites like warm flannels and outdoor-ready sneakers, there’s something for everyone, including the gearheads in your life.
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Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Its acceleration roars are music to the ears of any gearhead.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The car that, in poster form, would eventually grace the walls of that generation’s adolescent gearheads was introduced as the ultimate commemoration of the marque’s 40th anniversary.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
At this weekend’s Dream Cruise, expect to see car enthusiasts, gearheads and others enjoying all the car culture on display.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Its acceleration roars are music to the ears of any gearhead.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The car that, in poster form, would eventually grace the walls of that generation’s adolescent gearheads was introduced as the ultimate commemoration of the marque’s 40th anniversary.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
At this weekend’s Dream Cruise, expect to see car enthusiasts, gearheads and others enjoying all the car culture on display.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gearhead
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Is there anything more satisfying for techies like us than seeing a laptop or desktop boot up instantly?—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
1 Dec. 2025
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Kyle Chayka also has recommendations for the techies in your life, and Jessica Winter’s got kids covered.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
28 Nov. 2025
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In addition, the Board of Peace has a separate panel of Palestinian technocrats, headed by the former Palestinian Authority official Ali Sha’ath.—
Paul Beckett,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
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Fedorov established his reputation as a reform-minded technocrat well before his move to the defense ministry.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Crumb, at the time, would be dressed unremarkably casually, in banal pants and sweater, with thick glasses, looking more or less like a geek.—
David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
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The pissed off punk rockers, the hopelessly antisocial geeks, and the kids doing drugs.—
David Alvarado,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
22 May 2022
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People use the terms gearhead, geek, technocrat, and technophile interchangeably.—
Kim Komando,
USA TODAY,
14 Apr. 2022
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“Gearhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gearhead. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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