wonk

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Newsom is more of a policy wonk, a greater risk-taker and is more willing to venture into challenging and even hostile settings.

From Los Angeles Times

But as Scott Solomon shows in “Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds,” bureaucrats and policy wonks are drawing up plans, too.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those wonks in turn say representing rock stars and pop icons makes their job more appealing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Colleagues, including some Republicans, describe her as reasonable and a policy wonk who loves spreadsheets.

From Los Angeles Times

Even for policy wonks, it’s a challenge to keep up with the cadence of discounts and negotiated prices while deciphering what is merely optics and what represents actual savings.

From MarketWatch