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  • noun Alternative spelling of whiz kid.

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  • noun someone whose career progresses rapidly

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Examples

  • At the same time, though, Suze Orman was turning out to be a whiz-kid at math.

    Suze Orman Tells All 2010

  • The Steelers 'whiz-kid head coach, just 36, is the youngest

    NFL Replay: 'Almost' is no solace after Cardinals' letdown 2009

  • The motion said that in January 2007, just before the collapse of the subprime market, Goldman Sachs and its young whiz-kid Fabrice Tourre worked together to issue a set of synthetic collaterized debt obligations (CDOs) that it sold to ACA Management LLC (“ACA”) at the behest of the then-unknown hedge fund manager John Paulson.

    The Goldman Gaffe 2010

  • For whiz-kid trader Fabrice Tourre, the trip to Capitol Hill to meet with angry members of Congress was less than a fabulous experience, writes Washington Sketch columnist Dana Milbank.

    Economic Agenda: April 28, 2010 2010

  • The motion said that in January 2007, just before the collapse of the subprime market, Goldman Sachs and its young whiz-kid Fabrice Tourre worked together to issue a set of synthetic collaterized debt obligations (CDOs) that it sold to ACA Management LLC (“ACA”) at the behest of the then-unknown hedge fund manager John Paulson.

    The Goldman Gaffe 2010

  • I had worked with big brother “Steve,” a mathematics whiz-kid, who was now happily situated at a fine college.

    College choice: Not a one-size-fits-family deal 2010

  • The motion said that in January 2007, just before the collapse of the subprime market, Goldman Sachs and its young whiz-kid Fabrice Tourre worked together to issue a set of synthetic collaterized debt obligations (CDOs) that it sold to ACA Management LLC (“ACA”) at the behest of the then-unknown hedge fund manager John Paulson.

    The Goldman Gaffe 2010

  • The motion said that in January 2007, just before the collapse of the subprime market, Goldman Sachs and its young whiz-kid Fabrice Tourre worked together to issue a set of synthetic collaterized debt obligations (CDOs) that it sold to ACA Management LLC (“ACA”) at the behest of the then-unknown hedge fund manager John Paulson.

    The Goldman Gaffe 2010

  • For whiz-kid trader Fabrice Tourre, the trip to Capitol Hill to meet with angry members of Congress was less than a fabulous experience, writes Washington Sketch columnist Dana Milbank.

    Economic Agenda: April 28, 2010 2010

  • You do not have to be an algorithm-wielding Wall Street whiz-kid to understand that the best way to prevent a bank from becoming too big to fail is preventing it from becoming too big in the first place.

    Robert Reich: Why the Finance Bill Won't Save Us 2010

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