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Recent Examples of techie
Kyle Chayka also has recommendations for the techies in your life, and Jessica Winter’s got kids covered.
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Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
Most of the rigs are older, ramshackle models, but here and there shiny coaches broadcast the relative wealth of their inhabitants—techies who could afford an apartment but don’t want to waste their money on rent.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Kanda Myojin Shrine in the techie mecca Akihabara, for example, now sells omamori that protect electronics against damage or theft.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
In turn, Agee’s ARGUS techie character, John Economos, would serve a more substantial role.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
Most of the rigs are older, ramshackle models, but here and there shiny coaches broadcast the relative wealth of their inhabitants—techies who could afford an apartment but don’t want to waste their money on rent.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Kanda Myojin Shrine in the techie mecca Akihabara, for example, now sells omamori that protect electronics against damage or theft.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
In turn, Agee’s ARGUS techie character, John Economos, would serve a more substantial role.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for techie
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Like it or not, fashion is becoming the new playground for America’s technocrats, who are just as susceptible to the allures of Prada as anyone else.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Given that Newsom has long offered himself as a shrewd technocrat who knows how to get things done, the attack ads that other Democratic presidential candidates will gleefully start running in fall 2027 write themselves.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Their designers are a bunch of obsessive geeks, in the best way possible, who take pride in producing designs no one else can touch.—
Jakob Schiller,
Outside,
16 Feb. 2026
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Jim described himself as a lifelong car geek, but his schoolteacher mother was a single parent.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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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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In my experience, gearheads choose one of two movies as their favorite all-time: Smokey and the Bandit or Days of Thunder.—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
14 Jan. 2026
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Learn about Outside Online's affiliate link policy For gearheads, there’s something irresistible about limited-edition ski gear, especially around the holidays.—
Jenny Wiegand,
Outside,
23 Nov. 2025
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Earlier this year, Amazon discovered that a low-skilled hacker used commercially available AI to breach 600 firewalls.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The hacker has also salvaged the YggTorrent tracker and posted it on a new site.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Techie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/techie. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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