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nerdy

[nur-dee] / ˈnɜr di /




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They were part of a close group of friends at St Malachy's College, who Jay affectionately described to the inquest as "very nerdy kids".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

A trio of nerdy Frenchmen came to New York to build a sassy chatbot for teens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

I found him quirky, introspective, and slightly nerdy.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Inflation watchers in the private sector said the BEA move was justified, but they faulted the agency for not giving the public a heads up, even for such a nerdy statistical thing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

But he’d been raised by such nerdy, square parents, who’d dragged him off to Sunday school and Boy Scout meetings, and had talked so seriously about how important it was to be a good person.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

His wife, Harlene, who made extra money typing scripts for the office, was even nerdier, but only inadvertently funny.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

But by the time the third generation took over the business, guitars dominated, and nothing was nerdier than playing accordion.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022

The timeworn phrase “we’re a republic, not a democracy,” once confined to campus political debates and the nerdier corners of the political internet, has been bubbling up to mainstream politics for some time now.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2020

It’s like a Supreme drop, only a bit nerdier, and you can regularly find 100 Thieves gear being sold for high prices on aftermarket sites.

From The Verge ● Sep. 5, 2019

So we could also talk about our dads, try to figure out which one is nerdier.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

No AL team had bunted this often since 2011, meaning the nerdiest organization in the sport has brought back a play that data wonks spent a quarter-century trying to eliminate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Next to them, Colbert plied his art slyly, even mildly, but regularly and in ways the nerdiest students of comedy could appreciate.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

Of course, I’d be the weirdo in the crowd wearing my nerdiest James Cameron shirt, a deep-cut reference to “Aliens.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

The artificial-intelligence investment theme can include a lot of hype about demand, colorful language about the future of work, incomprehensible descriptions of computing power, and technical jargon that would test even the nerdiest of experts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

But the black girls were the sweetest, smartest, nerdiest kids.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana


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