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genius

[jeen-yuhs] / ˈdʒin jəs /


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Urschel’s paper, titled “On the Growth Factor of Random Matrices,” is one in a deluge of AI-assisted proofs that mathematicians have achieved in this new era when they can combine their genius with supercomputing power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mr. Bonds is as friendly as a whistling postman and, more than that, a baseball genius, according to testimonies from such worthies as Don Mattingly and Dusty Baker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In addition to his father, one of Dhani’s mentors was George’s friend and latter-day creative partner Jeff Lynne, who for all his musical genius has never seemed particularly comfortable onstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Failure to control A.I., then, points to a lack of imagination from the creator, not from the genius of the machine.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

“Now, that was pure genius, baby. You’re going to be getting offers to endorse products. I’m thinking Cracker Jacks could be renamed Cracker Jakes!”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

And how could they be in any art that is, above and beyond all else, a celebration of genii loci, spirits of place?

From New York Times ● May 4, 2023

It turns out that swifts, beloved genii locorum of bright summer streets, are just as much nocturnal creatures of thick summer darkness.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020

The registration spells the Latin word "genii", meaning magical person or being.

From BBC ● May 15, 2011

"We could become a nation of typographic genii through a litany of design atrocities," Bents reasoned.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 16, 2010

Under the stress of war, this process of credit inflation has been growing like the genii let out of the bottle.

From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair

Does this mean most managers of stock funds are dimwits while most bond-fund managers are geniuses?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But at that time it created a problem because you had these critics and these NBC executives; they were riding high because they had “Seinfeld,” they felt like they were geniuses.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

"He is a player blessed by God. Football geniuses have something special, and he has it," De la Fuente said.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Collect all the geniuses of this planet, and that’s what Miles is in one note.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Or does that sound like science fiction to such big geniuses!

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements




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