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[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

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

Just understand that earning an AI certificate doesn’t make companies see you as a whiz any more than completing a brief workout program makes you look like The Rock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

“You’re welcome, Miss Grabby Hands. Aren’t you the science whiz? Don’t you know about forces and equal and opposite reaction and all that?”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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