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
In the snippet, which is taken from Ramsey’s popular show, the money wiz shakes his head and buries it in his hands.
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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
Creative wiz Michael Lasswell is already hard at work on the set design, and of course, iconic stage talent Steve Scott is the artistic director at Dunes Summer Theatre.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 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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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
Creative wiz Michael Lasswell is already hard at work on the set design, and of course, iconic stage talent Steve Scott is the artistic director at Dunes Summer Theatre.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 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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Yes, the warrior who fought wizards, ogres and various other monsters in the Roger Corman-produced 1983 sword and sorcery cult classic is back on the big screen.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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Umphrey’s McGee jam wizard Kris Myers stepped down in May, a couple years after rotator-cuff surgery.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Aug. 2025
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And of course, O’Reilly has been a longtime radio sponsor across NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports channels, armed with that jingle that’s either a stroke of marketing genius—or the soundtrack to your nightmares.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Loktev is a genius of tipping-point cinema, and her movies are made of such moments.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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Besides being a business whiz, LePatner was a philanthropist helping her kids’ school and other charitable causes.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Keen on intricate tailoring and optical illusions, Dom Streater quickly became the geometric whiz of Project Runway.—
Henry Chandonnet,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiz. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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