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as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek
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as in intellectual
a person with strong intellectual interests
a jock-dominated campus on which geeks were either ridiculed or ignored
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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a friend who is an audio-video geek set up my home theater for me
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Recent Examples of geek
Heaven to the geeks and superfans in the balcony.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington Budding aviators, plane geeks and those looking for any type of airport job can get a sneak peek without even booking an airline ticket.
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Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
If the snippets above mean anything to you, congratulations—you’re officially a watch geek.
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Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
13 May 2026
Design geeks will love the adjacent historic cottages and wide stretch of coastline giving the setting a ye olde California postcard quality.
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Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for geek
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington Budding aviators, plane geeks and those looking for any type of airport job can get a sneak peek without even booking an airline ticket.
—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
If the snippets above mean anything to you, congratulations—you’re officially a watch geek.
—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
13 May 2026
Design geeks will love the adjacent historic cottages and wide stretch of coastline giving the setting a ye olde California postcard quality.
—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for geek
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geek
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Hunter Pence, a nerd at heart, spent money from his first paycheck to buy himself a gaming computer to play World of Warcraft.
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Design and photography nerds will appreciate the book’s beautiful layout, fun use of color, and stunning images; but this is, crucially, not the kind of book made just to look at.
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Founded by Thiel and Auren Hoffman, the invite-only network of CEOs, politicians and intellectuals meets to have small, moderated conversations in confidentiality about the future of tech, according to Axios, which reported the forum’s plans for a DC-area campus last year.
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The challenge with her was playing such an intellectual.
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Legislative expert and law professor Chris Micheli said lawmakers frequently include controversial provisions in bills during the early stages of the legislative process.
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Given the significance of the peace deal, experts said Pakistan will certainly want to leverage its mediation role for economic benefit, particularly in its dealings with allies in Washington and the Gulf.
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It was rediscovered in the late 1990s, but was forgotten again until scholars and advocates pushed for its preservation years later, according to the association.
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But the outcome, according to scholars, is a clearer, tighter, and more defensible argument.
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Owing to lengthy maturation cycles, these inaugural releases are rums influenced by the craft and stewardship of three generations of Mount Gay master blenders.
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But according to master distiller Brent Elliott, this cask finishing project started well before either of those things were a reality.
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Beasley even lit up the scoreboard consistently across the globe in China, affording him unquestioned credentials as an offensive wizard worldwide.
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At the time, Soros, along with the financiers Julian Robertson and Michael Steinhardt, defined the public image of hedge-fund managers as investment wizards who made fortunes through huge bets, contrarian calls, iron stomachs, and a willingness to operate close to—or over—the regulatory line.
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Tech pioneer adept at shifting gears Atom Power was co-founded in 2015 by Kouroussis and Ryan Kennedy as a UNC Charlotte incubator, a project that started at the college before spinning off its own company and moving to the Lake Norman area.
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Meanwhile, Alouette has become an adept of dye recipes.
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But according to fashion guru Tan France, some of those tensions sparked before the cameras even started rolling.
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The program will be run under Scott Belsky, a longtime digital guru at Adobe and the co-founded of creative platform Behance who has a team of about two dozen at the studio, a fairly large number gives its otherwise efficient staffing.
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“Geek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geek. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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