savant
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After all the gnashing riffs, Lauryn Hill sang a snatch of “Nothing Even Matters,” her tender 1998 duet with D’Angelo, the neo-soul savant who died in October.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Young Jim showed an early gift for mathematics that bordered on savant territory.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Bob Gale, must have been as much of a madman savant as Christopher Lloyd’s Doc Brown to compress so much plot into every frame.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
Peters is known as a product guru skilled at interpreting data, while Hollywood czar Sarandos is seen as a programming savant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
Acquired savant syndrome is caused by brain damage.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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