geeky

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Recent Examples of geeky In fact, the professional audiovisual presentation and all the attention to geeky details might be Rogue Incursion's greatest strength. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025 This geeky economic statistic has morphed into political brownie points for the state by comparing California’s business output to the latest global GDP rankings from the International Monetary Fund. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025 Marchetti's memoir demonstrates that the geeky kid from Ravenna and the global fashion icon are complementary facets of a life lived at the intersection of beauty and technology. Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 The labels recognized her talent — a geeky theater kid who happened to be a writing prodigy. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geeky
Adjective
  • American historiography of the Civil War would be dominated by the Confederate-friendly into the middle of the twentieth century, providing intellectual backbone for the American version of apartheid.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Journalist/film scholar Mark Harris pops up late in the series to smooth some intellectual transitions.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The artist needs no cerebral middleman to move the motif from the world to the page.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • If anything, their Didi and Gogo (Winter plays the former, the more cerebral and anxious of the two, and Reeves the latter, the disgruntled yet tender beta clown) are still a little on the solemn side.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Following his turn as the nerdy and neurotic Michael, David Krumholtz continued his role as head elf Bernard in 2002's The Santa Clause 2, and reprised the part on an episode of the Disney+ series The Santa Clauses in 2022.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • These two were both nerdy and sweet, and shared a certain endearing awkwardness.
    Sarah John, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, scholarly knowledge was becoming more specialized and professionalized.
    Time, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The idea of a faculty committee empowered to vet scholarly publications for racial bias has, ineluctably, a Star Chamber vibe.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Geeky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geeky. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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