savant
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During an interview with the Zach Sang show in 2024, she spoke about a song called Fantasize, written with Swedish pop savant Max Martin, which went viral after being posted online.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
An Alabama-born engineer seen as a supply-chain savant, Tim Cook took on the daunting challenge of succeeding Apple's iconic boss Steve Jobs 15 years ago.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Those books imagine Holmes as a 14-year-old crime-solving savant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
This hire is either a masterstroke that fuels the Trojans’ return to glory — or the point of no return for a head coach desperate to prove he’s not just a one-dimensional offensive savant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
Acquired savant syndrome is caused by brain damage.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
Jon Ralston, one of Nevada’s leading political savants, agreed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Members of Venetian Blinds say they aren’t savants and don’t have photographic memories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
“Oh, Mary!” is the kind of instant sensation that’s all too rare these days, one so undeniable it immediately breaks through the crowd of theater savants to a wider audience of curious patrons.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giannis Antetokounmpo are two of the other three players averaging 30 points this season and neither of them are 3-point savants, either.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
Suppose a mysterious phenomenon without analogy and connection with any other; savants brought into its presence will declare themselves simply in a state of ignorance with respect to it.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier
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