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savant

[sa-vahnt, sav-uhnt, sa-vahn] / sæˈvɑnt, ˈsæv ənt, saˈvɑ̃ /


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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

Although Brian Wilson was widely regarded as a musical savant and the innovator of the group, Love received co-writing credit on classics including “California Girls” and “Good Vibrations.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

OpenAI, wanting to control its own destiny, teamed up with Apple’s former design savant Jony Ive to make its own AI device.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

After I was diagnosed as a savant, school got really hard for me.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

When Matisse Thybulle was asked what it has been like trying to defend offensive savants Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves during the Lakers training camp, he shook his head and smiled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The few perceived as AI savants can command multimillion-dollar pay packages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

“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

For the sibling pop savants, work and family have long been intertwined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

Before we dismiss any such theory—in China or nearer home—with a supercilious smile, it is well to recall the reception which the first revelation of electricity in the human body met among our savants.

From Modern Magic by Maximilian Schele de Vere


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