savants

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Members of Venetian Blinds say they aren’t savants and don’t have photographic memories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“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

Some metrics savants aren’t as sold on plus-minus.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 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

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