as in scholar
a person of deep wisdom or learning
a savant in the field of medical ethics
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Recent Examples of savant
Arraez wouldn’t move the needle much in the power department, but the contact-hitting savant is in the mix for his fourth career batting title and has arguably been San Francisco’s best hitter overall.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
Will the fan base come to appreciate Dolan as somewhat of a business savant who made the necessary managerial changes – hiring Leon Rose as team president and Mike Brown as head coach – to actually fix the Knicks?
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Jared Bednar has become the George Karl of Avs coaches — a regular-season savant and a playoff fraud.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Tales of literary savants who were also habitual drinkers seemed especially prolific in the 20th century.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
Will the fan base come to appreciate Dolan as somewhat of a business savant who made the necessary managerial changes – hiring Leon Rose as team president and Mike Brown as head coach – to actually fix the Knicks?
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Jared Bednar has become the George Karl of Avs coaches — a regular-season savant and a playoff fraud.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Tales of literary savants who were also habitual drinkers seemed especially prolific in the 20th century.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savant
scholar
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In his new book, Ethnic Studies at the Crossroads, Black studies scholar George Lipsitz contextualizes the state of ethnic studies as existing at a similar juncture of collision and divergence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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Ryan Bourne is an economics scholar at the Cato Institute.—
Ryan Bourne,
Washington Post,
17 June 2026
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“Savant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savant. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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