as in scholars
a person of deep wisdom or learning
a savant in the field of medical ethics
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Recent Examples of savants
But one of California’s leading political savants, Paul Mitchell, has developed a helpful online tool to suss out the possibilities.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Ted Taylor and Freeman Dyson, two other mid-century savants of the atom, spent years at General Atomic designing a gigantic spacecraft that would weigh thousands of tons and propel itself to Mars, Saturn, and the nearby stars with nuclear explosions.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
His sons were lauded as 20-something savants.
—James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026
In an improbable feat of dexterity, the American fingerstyle guitarist interprets the work of the UK electronic savants, finding graceful new forms in their brain-bending tangles.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
Several shams were designed by AD100 designers like Sarah Sherman Samuel and fabric savants like Scalamandre, which makes picking out just one or two among the robust selection of textures, shapes, and materials a lofty task.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2026
When other stars wore suits and naked gowns; these style savants slipped into outfits that were decidedly more polarizing.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
All these young punks and musical savants appearing under the repressive atmosphere of the academy may require some suspension of disbelief (as does Lilisa’s gravity-defying hair).
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
He’s made athletes like Daniel Gafford look like savants.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Ted Taylor and Freeman Dyson, two other mid-century savants of the atom, spent years at General Atomic designing a gigantic spacecraft that would weigh thousands of tons and propel itself to Mars, Saturn, and the nearby stars with nuclear explosions.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
His sons were lauded as 20-something savants.
—James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026
In an improbable feat of dexterity, the American fingerstyle guitarist interprets the work of the UK electronic savants, finding graceful new forms in their brain-bending tangles.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
Several shams were designed by AD100 designers like Sarah Sherman Samuel and fabric savants like Scalamandre, which makes picking out just one or two among the robust selection of textures, shapes, and materials a lofty task.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2026
When other stars wore suits and naked gowns; these style savants slipped into outfits that were decidedly more polarizing.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
All these young punks and musical savants appearing under the repressive atmosphere of the academy may require some suspension of disbelief (as does Lilisa’s gravity-defying hair).
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
He’s made athletes like Daniel Gafford look like savants.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savants
Noun
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Akçam is widely recognized as one of the first Turkish scholars to write extensively on the Ottoman-Turkish Genocide of the Armenians in the early 20th century.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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As Richard Reeves and other scholars of modern masculinity have made clear, men are not doing well.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Smee and his group have planted 40 or 50 white sages to help rebuild the local population.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The aromatic foliage of sages (including herb species) deters aphids and Japanese beetles, while the blossoms support a host of beneficial insects.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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