as in nerds
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
the candidate has an army of policy wonks ready to write for him a position paper on virtually any issue
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Recent Examples of wonks
Don’t look now, but the wonks have come out with a way to measure how well AI entities do at forming relationships with people.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
My money’s on true 1A/1B time-share that’s going to infuriate a lot of fantasy football wonks early on while Sunshine Sean rides the hot hand.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
My money’s on true 1A/1B time-share that’s going to infuriate a lot of fantasy football wonks early on while Sunshine Sean rides the hot hand.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonks
Noun
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But hey, whiskey nerds are gonna whiskey nerd and whiskey sellers are gonna gouge.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
28 Sep. 2025
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Sure, there will always be some people who care, just as today there are nerds like me willing to debate the merits of writing for the Z80 versus the 6502 8-bit CPUs.—
Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The air is getting chilly, the leaves are starting to turn, and Oscar geeks are analyzing the buzz out of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto like tea leaves at the bottom of a mug — that’s right, Oscar season is here.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2025
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Refocusing On Long-Term Results As the marketing pendulum inevitably swings from domination by spreadsheet-wielding geeks to marketing by creative brand-builders, companies will realize that they have been overly focused on short-term results.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Wonks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonks. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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