whizzes

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“The History of Concrete” is about the history of concrete — he’s not kidding about that — but as ever, his expedition whizzes the audience from one unexpected pit stop to another.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Engineering teams often remain in Europe, where salaries are lower and universities produce a steady stream of computer whizzes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

Once in Kerala, the film whizzes through a checklist of things a layperson might associate with the tourist-favourite state - its famous backwaters, the ubiquitous coconut trees, toddy, elephants, and Onam, its most popular festival.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

The actual act of mining involves computer whizzes trying to solve a numerical puzzle; the first miner to solve it gets the newly created Bitcoin.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2025

Even during the heyday of Rome, the Romans were not exactly math whizzes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife