egghead
Example Sentences
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You don’t need to be an egghead to crack the Slate News Quiz.
From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025
Bump is a columnist for The Washington Post with a 1950s egghead vibe who writes an appealing newsletter called How to Read This Chart.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023
Individual investors and savers, however, don’t need some economic egghead to give a recession an official stamp of approval.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2022
And the egghead teams that aren’t at all watchable, such as Vanderbilt in the SEC and Northwestern in the Big Ten?
From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022
Call me an egghead, but that's how I see it.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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