nerd

Example Sentences

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Silicon Valley’s success and mythmaking long ago transformed the once-ridiculed computer nerd into the cool tech bro.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Sentimental Value was named best international feature, and director Joachim Trier joked: "I'm just a film nerd from Norway, this means so much."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Askell excelled at math, read Franz Kafka, acted in plays, made sculptures, immersed herself in Scottish history books and hung out with what she calls “the nerd group” at school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

To challenge that, he made Clark Kent a nerd, hunching his shoulders, making him sputter with nervousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

I wanted to say that I knew Noodles the comic book nerd.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds