as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking
nerdish students will find several university organizations where they will fit in
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The petulant, back-stabby intrigue between various parties here sometimes makes the hero rather unsympathetic, with photogenic singer-actor Pena Hernandez’s puppyish turn not conveying a great deal of complexity, let alone artistic o intellectual potential.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
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His portrayal of a pompous, yapping intellectual who's rotten to the core rings uncomfortably true, as do the performances of Thatcher and East as their characters nonverbally communicate their discomfort to each other.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Smith secures a dynasty On a team crowded with superstars, the cerebral catcher can go unnoticed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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When Mercury and Uranus retrograde face off across the sky, the result is purely cerebral and quite electric.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Like, the nerdy part of that is very interesting to me.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Portrayed with great humor, and a light touch barely ever achieved by young actors, Devi’s best challenges involve boys—especially Ben, her nerdy competition for top of the class, and Paxton—a hot athlete.—
John Ortved,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
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So many showgoers opted for the geeky-chic print during Fashion Month, and every brand from Zara to Miu Miu currently offers its own take.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
8 Oct. 2025
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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
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The study, published on the open-access scholarly article archive, arxiv, has not yet been peer-reviewed.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Check back on the second Monday of every month for a new puzzle built on clues connected to scholarly articles available via JSTOR.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Nerdish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerdish. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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