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noun

plural of swot, British

as in nerds

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swot, British

as in finds out

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Nobody talked about the furtive ambition of the swots. — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

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Noun

But it is designed to be played by everyone (ages 10 and up) — not just econ nerds.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
The invite said something like technical alignment, and nobody senior goes to those, because that is the part where the nerds work out the pipes.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of nerds

Noun

Fortunately, Green’s film exists — and was not thrown into a little black hole by a bunch of accountants, never to be seen again — and can surely help cure any of the pain its backstory still inflicts on movie fans and Tunes geeks.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
Funko occupies a massive physical footprint in a far corner of the convention center at SDCC, the annual pop culture festival that attracts over 130,000 fans and geeks from around the world.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

Definition of geeks

Verb

Roblox's voice safety classifier analyzes speech for policy violations in real time.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Legal representation in fiscal year 2026 immigration court proceedings is at the lowest level since 2010, according to Austin Kocher, a research professor at Syracuse University who analyzes immigration data.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of analyzes

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Holmes deduces that each pose represents a letter and cracks the code by matching the most common poses with the most common letters.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
Brittany deduces that the only people who have been in the gym recently were Zack, Danny, and Nia, who used the room during her pool party.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 June 2026

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