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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
Owner David Rubenstein needs to get rid of Elias (maybe Cal Ripken Jr. would agree to the job) and get baseball people instead of computer geeks to run the team.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
Jon Cherry/Getty Images For years, crypto was viewed by many as a weird and fringe investment, hyped up by a bunch of math geeks and used widely by all kinds of unsavory characters, from drug dealers to hackers.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 19 May 2025
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
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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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
Jon Cherry/Getty Images For years, crypto was viewed by many as a weird and fringe investment, hyped up by a bunch of math geeks and used widely by all kinds of unsavory characters, from drug dealers to hackers.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 19 May 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geek
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Desperate to return to his own era to help save his kin, Rex must team up with a gang of nerds, freaks and geeks to go back 65 million years in time.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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Even outside of the cosplay community, it’s long been considered taboo for Black people to lean into nerd culture.—
Taryn Finley,
Refinery29,
3 June 2025
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And then the Bloomsbury Group, the influential circle of British artists, writers, and intellectuals from the early 20th century.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
3 June 2025
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This assumption stemmed from its inclusion in a lineage of English intellectuals with roots among the Clapham Saints.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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Alternative therapies for cancer care can have dire consequences, experts say.—
Dr. Lemuel Hackshaw,
ABC News,
15 June 2025
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The younger generation isn’t just reluctant to have kids, but also to get married due to bleak job prospects, a high cost of living and a gender-biased corporate culture that adds extra burdens for women and working mothers, experts say.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
15 June 2025
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The paper was published last month by a team of computer scientists and legal scholars from Stanford, Cornell, and West Virginia University.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
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But some, including legal scholars from New York University’s Brennan Center, have argued a potential loophole exists unless Congress bans using the National Guard to enforce the law in other states without gubernatorial consent.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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So Julie has become the master of this realm inside the cave and inside this enormous pile of bones.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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His Damn Right Farewell tour is a celebration of his extraordinary career for fans to have the opportunity to witness a blues master at work.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Dressed in wizard garb, Sartain introduced B-movies and performed comedy skits under the show name The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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On a recent afternoon, comedic magician Justin Willman sits in a plush, burgundy velvet chair fit for a wizard, soaking in the gravitas of a place known for carrying sacred magic texts signed by Harry Houdini.—
Nate Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The result is that just these English words, representing just this original document, make for a new and somewhat undiscovered book, even to Marxist adepts.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Johnson is already attached to the project in the supporting role as the motivational guru, and the film would still be searching for its young lead.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
13 June 2025
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Only three players have been seven-plus shots back of the first-round leader and gone on to win the U.S. Open in the last 60 years, per stat guru Justin Ray.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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“Geek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geek. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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