whiz kid
noun
variants
or less commonly whizz kid
: a person who is unusually intelligent, clever, or successful especially at an early age
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Johnson is working with a rebuilt coaching staff that includes former Raiders and Saints head coach Dennis Allen as defensive coordinator, whiz kid Declan Doyle as offensive coordinator and former Ohio State All-Big Ten player J.T. Barrett as quarterbacks coach.
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Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Johnson isn’t some whiz kid with a pencil tucked behind his ear.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Sam Altman, a whiz kid from the suburbs of St. Louis and a Stanford dropout, became OpenAI’s public face.
—Erin Neil, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
Meanwhile, a team of techie whiz kids again work their special computer magic (another highlight) at a hidden institution and show up the Luddite adults.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Johnson isn’t some whiz kid with a pencil tucked behind his ear.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Sam Altman, a whiz kid from the suburbs of St. Louis and a Stanford dropout, became OpenAI’s public face.
—Erin Neil, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
Meanwhile, a team of techie whiz kids again work their special computer magic (another highlight) at a hidden institution and show up the Luddite adults.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Whiz kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whiz%20kid. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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