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Recent Examples of gearhead
What started back in the 1980s as a small gathering of gearheads has grown into a premier West Coast car show, drawing pristine hot rods, retro cruisers, and muscle machines from across the country—and even as far as Australia.
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Cliff Lewis, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025
Forza Horizon 5 There was a time when the Forza series was the exact sort of stuffy racing-sim that appealed to gearheads and nobody else.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
The comprehensive color display shows speed and output power in a sort of motorcycle-familiar twin clock display, which pleased this gearhead immensely.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
For the gearheads, the grounds offer a three-car garage.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
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Cliff Lewis, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025
Forza Horizon 5 There was a time when the Forza series was the exact sort of stuffy racing-sim that appealed to gearheads and nobody else.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
The comprehensive color display shows speed and output power in a sort of motorcycle-familiar twin clock display, which pleased this gearhead immensely.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
For the gearheads, the grounds offer a three-car garage.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gearhead
Noun
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Meanwhile, a team of techie whiz kids again work their special computer magic (another highlight) at a hidden institution and show up the Luddite adults.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Jack Dorsey, a co-founder of Twitter who identified as more of an art kid than a techie, also hung out at the same South Park playground and mused to friends about ideas that eventually became his social media app.—
Mike Isaac,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Simion, running on a nationalist, anti-EU platform, has gained momentum, particularly among the Romanian diaspora, where Dan, a pro-European technocrat, is relying on high voter turnout abroad to secure victory.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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In a decision only made public on the eve of the talks, Putin named a group of mid-level technocrats to lead the Russian delegation.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
15 May 2025
Noun
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There’s a noticeable pride Morot takes in touring me around his geek’s paradise: a two-level office crammed with shelves of scowling latex heads, furry creatures and a pair of giant gators overlooking it all.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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There were kind of two tracks at the time: There was Das Keyboard, aimed toward the more professional programmers and the geeks, and then the gaming keyboards.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
10 May 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 25 May. 2025.
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