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Recent Examples of techie
His messages online sound all too typical of the brash and bratty computer techies who seem to think insults are satisfactory entertainment for their followers.
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
While those moves were lauded by the most vocal techies who backed Trump’s candidacy, over the weekend the president took it a step too far in their view.
—Ari Levy,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
With Vivek Ramaswamy standing down, Musk appears set to solely lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), his initiative to take a scalpel (with help from techie and business world allies) to federal government agencies.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Although the movement here might appear - to the external observer at least - to represent something of an enclave of techies in and of itself, the efforts being made here are steeped in altruistic openness and a system meritocracy founded in usefulness, functionality and freedom of use.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
While those moves were lauded by the most vocal techies who backed Trump’s candidacy, over the weekend the president took it a step too far in their view.
—Ari Levy,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
With Vivek Ramaswamy standing down, Musk appears set to solely lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), his initiative to take a scalpel (with help from techie and business world allies) to federal government agencies.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Although the movement here might appear - to the external observer at least - to represent something of an enclave of techies in and of itself, the efforts being made here are steeped in altruistic openness and a system meritocracy founded in usefulness, functionality and freedom of use.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for techie
Noun
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He’s been able to sell himself as a no-nonsense technocrat who knows how to steer a crisis.—
Sara Miller Llana,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr. 2025
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Canada’s ruling Liberal party picked Mark Carney — a former central bank governor known as a competent technocrat — as its new leader.—
Josh Fellman,
Quartz,
9 Mar. 2025
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Tapping into the geek chic aesthetic, the star completed the look with a pair of black trousers held up by red, white and blue suspenders supported by her shoulders.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Flamboyant theater geek Ezra (Matthew Finlan) makes his shrieks sound especially dramatic.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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After thwarting an attack against the celebrated technophile, Franklin picks up a mysterious ring that Burrell has dropped and soon discovers the ring allows its possessor to travel 57 seconds into the past.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
22 May 2022
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People use the terms gearhead, geek, technocrat, and technophile interchangeably.—
Kim Komando,
USA TODAY,
14 Apr. 2022
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While electric vehicles may be all the buzz at recent shows, there will be multiple exciting nameplates on display that appeal to the average gearhead who wants nothing to do with an EV.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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For Harper’s, Kushner chronicles his adolescent gearhead flowering, as well as their time spent with the National Hot Rod Association—traveling from race to race, speaking with drivers, and basking in the fumes of cameraderie and funny cars.—
Peter Rubin,
Longreads,
18 Nov. 2024
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Older, unsupported operating systems are more vulnerable to hacker attacks while the newest systems running the latest builds have the most recent protections against these incidents.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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This greatly raises the risk that he could’ve been successfully targeted by enterprising hackers from North Korea, China, Russia or elsewhere.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Techie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/techie. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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