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Recent Examples of intellection Tennant always brought his own intellection to Disco’s throbbing hedonism yet was hedonistic nonetheless, perfecting a musical idiom that his forerunner Noel Coward was too early to enjoy. Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024 The school board’s legal counsel thought the book could be in conflict with a recent state intellection freedom rule, and recommended it be removed from circulation, according to a spokeswoman. Tcrain, al, 26 Jan. 2023 There is pleasant cohesion to his body of work, with its blend of bookish intellection and breezy verbal humor. The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021 This is a big spread, in other words, an ambitious platter of intellection and emotion. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intellection
Noun
  • Another concerning aspect of AI's influence on our freedom of thought is its capacity to distort memory and perception.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Even the people in my life, letting that dumb thought go, has opened so many more doors for me.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Part of his reasoning for his decision to leave out such experienced squad members was to give more players major tournament experience, especially with an eye on the 2027 World Cup.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 5 July 2025
  • Durant cited the dogged defense of the 6-foot Heat guard as his reasoning.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Tom muses, in graphic detail, about his parents’ actions that led to his conception, birth and growing up to enter this particular restaurant on this particular date.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
  • If anything, the Meta ruling confirms a worrying truth: that the law’s current conception of fair use isn’t built for AI—it’s being bent around it.
    Aron Solomon June 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Mechanistic interpretability helps reveal the underlying computational logic that neural networks employ to generate results.
    Rishabh Sambare, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • The great flaw in that theory is the supposition of logic in humans.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Unemployment had altered her idea of what qualified as a life.
    Nora Lange, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
  • The most transformative ideas often come from the edges—from employees closest to the customer, to the problem, to the reality.
    Alex Goryachev, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The Trump administration is ending provisions that temporarily protected immigrants who lack permanent legal status from deportations for humanitarian reasons.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 13 July 2025
  • But rose water nails are currently enjoying a revival and flooding our FYPs for a couple of very good reasons.
    Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • The news division is, like its counterparts, experimenting with a bevy of concepts to see which ones strike a chord with the younger viewers who use streaming as their primary means of watching video.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • For his new concept revitalizing the former Nash & Proper space, Jimenez is taking inspiration from popular fast food chains such as In-N-Out and Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, which have compact menus with high-quality ingredients.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The notion that this person is out there somewhere in the world and Charlie Cale has her Moriarty, her Lex Luthor, is very exciting.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
  • But the fundamental notion to be grasped is one of purpose.
    John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025

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“Intellection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellection. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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