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
Stine, who Forbes says is dyslexic and mildly autistic, also is a math and data wiz and a formidable negotiator.
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Donnelle Eller,
Des Moines Register,
2 Mar. 2026
Harper Stern, Industry’s biz-wiz protagonist, exposes his fraud and makes a ton of money in the process.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
Miller was a vfx wiz who made his directorial debut with Deadpool, the Ryan Reynolds-starring anti-superhero movie that became a record-breaking box office sensation and launched a franchise.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
Iza was a computer wiz who’d made millions off crypto.
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Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Donnelle Eller,
Des Moines Register,
2 Mar. 2026
Harper Stern, Industry’s biz-wiz protagonist, exposes his fraud and makes a ton of money in the process.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
Miller was a vfx wiz who made his directorial debut with Deadpool, the Ryan Reynolds-starring anti-superhero movie that became a record-breaking box office sensation and launched a franchise.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
Iza was a computer wiz who’d made millions off crypto.
—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiz
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But what was more notable was that the sandwich shop had a portal to a wizard's lair, which is where the Russo kids trained to become the only standing wizard family.
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Beasley even lit up the scoreboard consistently across the globe in China, affording him unquestioned credentials as an offensive wizard worldwide.
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And Peter Asher, who was one-half of the 1960s British pop duo Peter and Gordon before going on to become one of the most powerful record producers of the 1970s, is a figure of talent and charisma and fascination, even if part of that was his genius for being in the right place at the right time.
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Once there, a combination of Messi’s genius, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez’s larger-than-life performances, a well-balanced team, and — it must be said — some unsavoury moments of skullduggery by several players, helped Argentina battle their way to the final against defending champions France.
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Kyrou continued to be a whiz with the puck in all three zones, creating a ton of chances in-zone and being a major threat off the rush.
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Born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, the young Greenspan was a math whiz who was trotted out by his mother to show off for visitors.
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiz. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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