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Recent Examples of gearhead
That sort of vintage feature really plays to Leica gearheads, who likely won’t mind shelling out for the modern piece of Leica history.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
After all, diehard gearheads cite the lack of emotion of EVs as being their primary reason for hating them.
—James Morris, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
In related gearhead print-publication news, Sound & Vision, a magazine devoted to audio-video products — and the successor to the veneral Stereo Review magazine — announced at the end of September that its current issue would be its last.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
Two zippered side pockets, a zippered hip pocket, and two more velcro cargo pockets provide enough storage space for even the most passionate gearheads, leaving your hands free for scrambling, photo taking, and snacking.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2024
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
After all, diehard gearheads cite the lack of emotion of EVs as being their primary reason for hating them.
—James Morris, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
In related gearhead print-publication news, Sound & Vision, a magazine devoted to audio-video products — and the successor to the veneral Stereo Review magazine — announced at the end of September that its current issue would be its last.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
Two zippered side pockets, a zippered hip pocket, and two more velcro cargo pockets provide enough storage space for even the most passionate gearheads, leaving your hands free for scrambling, photo taking, and snacking.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gearhead
Noun
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With Vivek Ramaswamy standing down, Musk appears set to solely lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), his initiative to take a scalpel (with help from techie and business world allies) to federal government agencies.—
Cuneyt Dil,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
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Although the movement here might appear - to the external observer at least - to represent something of an enclave of techies in and of itself, the efforts being made here are steeped in altruistic openness and a system meritocracy founded in usefulness, functionality and freedom of use.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is considering an agreement with Hamas that would create a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war.—
Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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These technocrats could also be ditched entirely if Putin decides the war effort requires a tighter grip.—
Maksim Samorukov,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Apr. 2024
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Long the domain of points geeks, the often opaque world of frequent-flier programs is finally getting easier to navigate.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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When Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back debuted in 2021, the fact that Jackson had used artificial intelligence to clean up previously unusable audio was greeted with enthusiasm from tech geeks, and crickets from most everyone else.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2025
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After thwarting an attack against the celebrated technophile, Franklin picks up a mysterious ring that Burrell has dropped and soon discovers the ring allows its possessor to travel 57 seconds into the past.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
22 May 2022
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People use the terms gearhead, geek, technocrat, and technophile interchangeably.—
Kim Komando,
USA TODAY,
14 Apr. 2022
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“Gearhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gearhead. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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