: a person preoccupied with arcane details or procedures in a specialized field
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the policy wonks in the government
the candidate has an army of policy wonks ready to write for him a position paper on virtually any issue
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Now, Musk is seeking to move the issue out of the realm of policy wonks.
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Richard Nieva, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
At the same time, a growing chorus of policy wonks and public officials, including yours truly, have argued that Americans shouldn’t have to buy a college degree in order to find remunerative employment.
—Frederick Hess, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Instead of adopting an oath of humility, economics has since churned out generations of model-wielding academics and policy wonks.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 spent most of the first year of its existence in relative obscurity, known primarily by policy wonks.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 July 2024
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Richard Nieva, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
At the same time, a growing chorus of policy wonks and public officials, including yours truly, have argued that Americans shouldn’t have to buy a college degree in order to find remunerative employment.
—Frederick Hess, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Instead of adopting an oath of humility, economics has since churned out generations of model-wielding academics and policy wonks.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 spent most of the first year of its existence in relative obscurity, known primarily by policy wonks.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 July 2024
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“Wonk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wonk. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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