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whiz

[hwiz, wiz] / ʰwɪz, wɪz /




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A giant atrium was planned inside the structure where hologram images of spaceships and floating boulders whiz by visitors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Plus: Uploading your blood work to AI, the whiz kids who dropped out of college, a drone’s unlikely inspiration and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the Moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Vincent was a first-generation Indian immigrant and dot-com whiz kid.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

“She was a whiz with numbers,” Mrs. Farmer continued.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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