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savant

[sa-vahnt, sav-uhnt, sa-vahn] / sæˈvɑnt, ˈsæv ənt, saˈvɑ̃ /


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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

As a contrarian to the widely held view that the Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman is some sort of baseball savant, I offer some data that suggests otherwise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

If Jobs was a product visionary and Cook a supply chain guru, Ternus is a hardware savant who exists somewhere in the middle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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

The doctors call my condition acquired savant syndrome.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Matisse Thybulle says practice is sure to be tougher than games when he gets pushed by offensive savants Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It’s also a reunion with the songwriting savants Max Martin and Shellback, who worked on some of Swift’s biggest hits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

One of the league’s pick-and-roll savants, Doncic should help Ayton rediscover the dominance he flashed while helping the Phoenix Suns reach the NBA Finals in 2021 and post a franchise-record 64 wins in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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

The French savants made the first attempt at deciphering it; but they were quickly followed by German, Italian, Swedish, and English scholars.

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by James King


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