savants

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Over the course of nearly two decades as a playcaller and head coach, Kyle Shanahan has established himself as one of the NFL’s offensive savants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 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

Basketball savants want to ensure the greatness of those HBCUs is not overlooked when debating the best teams ever.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Almost the only American scientist of his day, he displayed remarkably deep as well as remarkably varied abilities in science and deserved the honours enthusiastically given him by the savants of Europe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various