savant
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During an interview with the Zach Sang show in 2024, she spoke about a song called Fantasize, written with Swedish pop savant Max Martin, which went viral after being posted online.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
An Alabama-born engineer seen as a supply-chain savant, Tim Cook took on the daunting challenge of succeeding Apple's iconic boss Steve Jobs 15 years ago.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
After all the gnashing riffs, Lauryn Hill sang a snatch of “Nothing Even Matters,” her tender 1998 duet with D’Angelo, the neo-soul savant who died in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Young Jim showed an early gift for mathematics that bordered on savant territory.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025
Acquired savant syndrome is caused by brain damage.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
But one of California’s leading political savants, Paul Mitchell, has developed a helpful online tool to suss out the possibilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
The few perceived as AI savants can command multimillion-dollar pay packages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giannis Antetokounmpo are two of the other three players averaging 30 points this season and neither of them are 3-point savants, either.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
The attainment of this exalted condition is still believed practicable by many earnest savants.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd
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