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Recent Examples of nerd 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 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 That appealed to a certain class of libertarian nerds who acquired significant amounts of Bitcoin years ago. Kevin Collier, NBC news, 30 May 2025 Her father, actor Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), is the resident World War II buff of her family, and her mother, Kathryn, is a history nerd. Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for nerd
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Noun
  • 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
  • Cynthia Erivo sang-hosted the June 8 ceremony from Radio City Music Hall, making several dreams come true for a room full of theater geeks.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • His father had come to China in the 1950s as a leftist intellectual, eventually moving to Hong Kong.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 June 2025
  • Tie public engagement to tenure decisions, and watch all faculty suddenly discover their inner public intellectual.
    Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025

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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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