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Recent Examples of scholar Legal scholars noted that Christensen’s order, though jurisdictional, carries implications for future climate-rights litigation. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 Our students are amazing scholars, talented artists and performers, championship athletes, genuinely kind humans, and so much more. Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025 At one point, Doechii’s preppy aesthetic extended to a schoolroom set that a select number of fans were brought onstage to be part of — and one lucky scholar at a moving desk received a nearly 30-second lap dance. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 Wharton visiting scholar Cornelia Walther explains how AI can help business leaders translate different mindsets and communicate more effectively. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scholar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholar
Noun
  • Swinnen’s wife, a teacher, worked with Lammens and other academy players at Brugge on their academic studies.
    Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Radio and television were alleged to have similar effects on the patience of their listeners and viewers, respectively, and this led teachers to say that their students could no longer sit through lectures.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Earlier this week, OpenAI announced a council of eight experts who will advise the company and provide insight into how AI affects users’ mental health, emotions and motivation.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This is done in an effort to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses and decimate civilian morale, experts have said.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With rising tuition, heavy student debt, and a shaky job market, more young workers are rethinking the four-year degree and turning to faster and cheaper routes to a steady career.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The preliminary draft released by state education officials lays out what standards Massachusetts high school students may be required to meet to graduate, replacing the former MCAS standardized testing requirement.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Choose from seven luxe shades, including a trendy chocolate brown, soothing sage green, and bright teal.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Billowing sleeves and a loose, flowy hem allow the top to move with you through the airport, during sightseeing excursions, and even out to a nice dinner, and the neutral sage color keeps the top sufficiently wearable as your new go-to basic.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After giving a peek at her family, Eilish ran with a handheld camcorder linked to the big screen, showing her polo-wearing band and the soundboard masters stationed below the risers.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Completed in the mid-1950s by master builder Joe Pawling for wealthy Illinois philanthropists and socialites George and Marcia Barrett, Holden occupied the digs from 1966 to 1977.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Scientists discovered that the transformation is caused by subtle pressure changes inside the eye from long-term pupil dilation, which rearranges the spacing of collagen fibers.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • One by one, with sweaty palms and cracking adolescent voices, the pupils rose and read.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There is no shortage of pundits and fans who say Guardiola’s influence has been a turn-off, claiming the focus on possession and building from the back had sucked the joy, spontaneity and unpredictability out of the Premier League.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • After Kimmel made comments about the murder of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk (and Trump’s reaction to it), his show was pulled off the air following pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Palamides, as a physical-comedy virtuoso, loves mess—there’s a splash zone near the front, with audience members wearing plastic ponchos.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • D’Angelo was raised in a deeply religious Pentecostal family and got his musical start in the church, becoming a virtuoso at several instruments.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholar. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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