as in genii
a very smart person
one of the finest intellects of our time
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Noun
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Worldly readers had to wonder what really went on when the geniuses and their wives went home after dinner.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Between them, the gangly mods kept alive the fading tradition of feuding musical geniuses, a path that Paul McCartney and John Lennon had paved before them.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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They’re not confronted with wizards.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Classically trained, Yasinski is a master of the bayan, a chromatic button accordion that seemingly requires musicians who play it also be math wizards to keep track of the dizzying number of fingering positions required to perform on it.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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This is consistent with earlier studies showing high levels of total tau in fetal brains with peak levels at around four to five months of gestation and then decreasing two-foldby the sixth month after birth.—
Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
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For years, costumers have been creating spooky serial killers—from Ghostface to Michael Myers—and conjuring up original designs that remain seared into our brains (and promt some of us to look under the bed each night).—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Intellects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellects. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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