savants

plural of savant

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Recent Examples of savants Math is commonly portrayed as something only prodigies and savants can do. Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savants
Noun
  • Legal scholars say the administration's interpretation is countered by the amendment's history and subsequent Supreme Court rulings.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • About a third of H-1B workers are nurses, teachers, physicians, scholars, priests and pastors, according to the lawsuit.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The sages imagined the world itself as a structure left open to the north, a reminder that there are always cracks through which danger, chaos, and suffering can enter.
    Barry Gelman, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Those nostalgic notes evoke the minty hues of the 1950s and the earthy sages that were popular in the 1970s.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Savants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savants. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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