nerdy
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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
I found him quirky, introspective, and slightly nerdy.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
And you too, those nerdy little reunion shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Once seen as nerdy and questionable marriage material, employees of those highflying memory companies are now at least on par with lawyers, doctors and accountants in the dating pool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“And, like, when I do talk to the other Black kids, sometimes it’s like they think I’m too nerdy for them or something,” Miles says.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
Nicholson is nerdier than most, but she’s also representative of a pure kind of fandom.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
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
It’s a perfect combination of the hunkiness Bettany delivered in Wimbledon and A Knight’s Tale and the nerdier allure he exhibited in Master and Commander.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2021
From a nerdier technical perspective, it’s amazing to see that standup, stripped entirely of any actual content, can still be recognisable as standup.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2020
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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