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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Recent Examples of nerdish
In a deliberately cheap-looking black-and-white faux-’50s horror movie, the comedy team of Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) play nerdish mad scientists who capture and bring to their laboratory a dino-fish monster who looks like a chomping-jawed gill-man made of papier-mâché.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerdish
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Yet as time and intellectual capacity move forward, Angie begins to act more independently.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Build a culture of intellectual accountability in which employees are expected to interrogate AI output rather than relay it.—
Chris Rosenberg,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Later that day, Mars will enter Gemini for the first time in two years, making the energy busier, faster and more cerebral.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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All of this creates new pathways between the brain’s neurons, improving cerebral neuroplasticity and preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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There’s also Margo’s roommate Susie (Thaddea Graham), a delightfully nerdy cosplayer who turns out to be the most steadfast support-giver in Margo’s life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Hannah first appears on our screen styled like the nerdy, approachable romantic lead.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
27 May 2026
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That Urban is the lead of two of the biggest titles in geeky pop culture in the same month is a result of scheduling happensance—Mortal Kombat II was originally supposed to come out last year.—
James Grebey,
Time,
8 May 2026
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How else to explain the huge A-list turnout for the Breakthrough Prize, the unabashedly geeky awards show held every spring at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar?—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Born to a humble family in the twilight years of the shogunate, Higuchi Natsuko (as she was born) was the fourth child and second daughter of a man with scholarly inclinations, who as a farmer had come to the capital to seek both fortune and rank.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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There is a long history of political polemics about the relation between journalism and government, and a substantial body of scholarly research and theory on that relationship.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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“Nerdish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerdish. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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