genius
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During a postwar cocoa shortage in the 1940s, an Italian pastry chef named Pietro Ferrero had the genius idea to combine the scarce resource with an ingredient his town had in abundance: hazelnuts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Bill is a genius in terms of setting something up in a previous episode so that there’s a payoff in the finale.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Even in the hands of genius trainer Willie Mullins, he is hard to fancy.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
“Although the masterpiece is dear to all Italians as one of the best productions of the genius of their race,” it announced, “we will willingly return it to its foster country.”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Albert Einstein
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