egghead

Example Sentences

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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

The recruiter had explained it, but you wanted to get it from the egghead, not the Parental Unit Liaison.

From Slate • May 30, 2020

Call me an egghead, but that's how I see it.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris