whiz kid
Example Sentences
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I’m not a financial whiz kid, but investors trying to bring the price down so they can buy as much as possible, trying to scare the weaker hands.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025
In one scene, its whiz kid CEO grins from a billboard as “Prodigy is the future! Prodigy is forever!” repeats on a loop.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025
He charmed Rao, a Harvard-educated whiz kid he’d met while at Goldman, to become his co-founder.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024
Lunella was a 9-year-old whiz kid when the comic Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, written by Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare, debuted in November 2015.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023
That was the first prize—and it was won by some young chap who’s apparently a bit of a whiz kid when it comes to computers.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
