as in wizard
a very smart person
he must be some kind of wiz to have graduated college at age 19
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Recent Examples of wiz
Fun fact from Mariners PR wiz Alex Mayer: the team has actually had a four-homer game on the road, by Mike Cameron in Chicago in 2002, since its last three-homer game at home.
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In the snippet, which is taken from Ramsey’s popular show, the money wiz shakes his head and buries it in his hands.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
At the time, Barnett was a rising star in the speakers’ circuit because of her son Jacob, a physics wiz with autism who made headlines for excelling at school when experts doubted his abilities.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
French magazine Gala — a wiz at celebrity videos on TikTok — emerged as the top media voice with $32.2 million in MIV, 92 percent of it stemming from the video-sharing platform.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In the snippet, which is taken from Ramsey’s popular show, the money wiz shakes his head and buries it in his hands.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
At the time, Barnett was a rising star in the speakers’ circuit because of her son Jacob, a physics wiz with autism who made headlines for excelling at school when experts doubted his abilities.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
French magazine Gala — a wiz at celebrity videos on TikTok — emerged as the top media voice with $32.2 million in MIV, 92 percent of it stemming from the video-sharing platform.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiz
Noun
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Quantrill, like other prominent Confederates such as the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard, Nathan Bedford Forrest, was mythologized by Confederate sympathizers.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Released in 2004, the film follows Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kiss messy suitcases goodbye with these genius travel organizers.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lily King, though, is some kind of genius, because in a scant 250 pages, this book both delighted me intellectually and affected me on a profound emotional plane.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ben Johnson, the whiz offensive coordinator from the Detroit Lions, accepted the head coach position.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Your own personal golf buggy to whiz around the resort and a dedicated butler to ensure every whim is met—from pillow menus to sunset canapés.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiz. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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