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theorist

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as in philosopher

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Recent Examples of theorist The global village is a phrase that is closely associated with the Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan. —

Brian A. Cogan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026 Number theorist Arul Shankar said the work shows AI systems can move beyond assisting mathematicians and begin generating genuinely original ideas. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026 But as any game theorist will tell you, rationality is an assumption, not a guarantee. —

Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 In its system card for Claude Mythos, for instance, Anthropicresearchers noted that the powerful AI exhibited a strange fondness for the British cultural theorist Mark Fisher. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for theorist

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In my view, an especially helpful approach to answering such questions is to revisit the towering but neglected influence of the French philosopher Montesquieu on the founding of this country.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
The search for machine consciousness has gone mainstream, and companies such as Google, Meta and OpenAI are hiring philosophers to explore questions about AI welfare.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 2 July 2026

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When fluid accumulated from infection, a practitioner might use a small sharp spear nested in a metal tube, called a trocar and cannula.

— Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
For example, L’Oréal’s Brandstorm program gives young people around the globe access to practitioners and a visible path from competition to early-career opportunity.

— Michael Wright, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026