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[hwiz, wiz] / ʰwɪz, wɪz /




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Plus: Uploading your blood work to AI, the whiz kids who dropped out of college, a drone’s unlikely inspiration and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the Moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The ad, titled “Good Will Dunkin’,” featured Affleck as the original brainy Boston math whiz, who happens to work at Dunkin’ and arranges a display of Munchkins in a Fibonacci sequence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Vincent was a first-generation Indian immigrant and dot-com whiz kid.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

I whiz through the bathrooms and even manage to complete the kitchen while the others are still on their initial tasks.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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