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nerdy

[nur-dee] / ˈnɜr di /




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A trio of nerdy Frenchmen came to New York to build a sassy chatbot for teens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

I found him quirky, introspective, and slightly nerdy.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

"I suppose you've got to be a bit nerdy," he says, explaining he takes a magnifying glass with him diving.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Inflation watchers in the private sector said the BEA move was justified, but they faulted the agency for not giving the public a heads up, even for such a nerdy statistical thing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Tats 2: “No, make that two hundred percent, because any guy who shows a girl his nerdy side right away is, like, double sure she’s the one. I mean, birds?”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

And then, look, I think we’ve had a lot of fun talking about some of the nerdier aspects of this platform.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

But by the time the third generation took over the business, guitars dominated, and nothing was nerdier than playing accordion.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022

So, Apple’s making its initial play with a wild spending spree on big name creators and with a content slate designed to be more wholesome and nerdier than its competitors’.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2019

By his own admission Yang grew up “like one of the kids on Stranger Things but nerdier and with fewer friends”.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2019

So we could also talk about our dads, try to figure out which one is nerdier.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

As Regency-era gestures of love go, inaccurate bird impersonations are simultaneously the nerdiest and wackiest.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Of course, I’d be the weirdo in the crowd wearing my nerdiest James Cameron shirt, a deep-cut reference to “Aliens.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

The artificial-intelligence investment theme can include a lot of hype about demand, colorful language about the future of work, incomprehensible descriptions of computing power, and technical jargon that would test even the nerdiest of experts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

BBC London went along to the rehearsals of London's "nerdiest" choir.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023

But the black girls were the sweetest, smartest, nerdiest kids.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana



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