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One of the world’s first calculators, devised in 1642 by the French polymath Blaise Pascal, was pulled from auction — at least for now.—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 20 Nov. 2025 O’Dell — producer, director, full-time nightlife polymath.—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025 His Netflix comedy, The Vince Staples Show, captures both sides — the creative polymath and the dispassionate observer of life — at once.—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025 Genre-leaping music polymath Jon Batiste, who won five Grammys in 2022 – including Album of the Year – was not nominated in that top category this year.—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for polymath
Word History
Etymology
Greek polymathēs very learned, from poly- + manthanein to learn — more at mathematical
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