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Recent Examples of gearhead
Some of the concept vehicles on display at SEMA are straight out of a gearhead's dreams.
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Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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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Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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
Noun
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Considering the original was released almost five years ago, some Apple fans and techies might have hoped for more.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2026
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The new job of business-savvy techies and tech-savvy business people is to work with the CEO and figure out the best ways for agents to work across every line of business.—
Bipul Sinha,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Like it or not, fashion is becoming the new playground for America’s technocrats, who are just as susceptible to the allures of Prada as anyone else.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Given that Newsom has long offered himself as a shrewd technocrat who knows how to get things done, the attack ads that other Democratic presidential candidates will gleefully start running in fall 2027 write themselves.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Their designers are a bunch of obsessive geeks, in the best way possible, who take pride in producing designs no one else can touch.—
Jakob Schiller,
Outside,
16 Feb. 2026
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Jim described himself as a lifelong car geek, but his schoolteacher mother was a single parent.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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 9 Mar. 2026.
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