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a
: a person who has done advanced study in a special field
b
: a learned person
3
: a holder of a scholarship
Examples of scholar in a Sentence
She's a renowned scholar of African-American history.
scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act
Recent Examples on the Web
This year’s Peabody Award nominees are selected from stories and projects that were released in broadcast or steaming media in 2023 and chosen via unanimous vote by 32 jurors (made up of media industry professionals, media scholars, critics and journalists).
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Apr. 2024
The no-nonsense response to opioids, however, is a unique moment, according to country-music scholar Amanda Marie Martínez, a doctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
Erwin Chemerinsky, who is the dean of the U.C. Berkeley School of Law, and Catherine Fisk, a progressive labor scholar who also teaches at the law school.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
Eugene Volokh, a law professor at UCLA and renowned civil liberties scholar, argued that students did not have a constitutional right to protest at Chemerinsky’s home.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Rabbi David Wolpe, a visiting scholar at Harvard’s Divinity School, announced his resignation from his role on Harvard’s Antisemitism Advisory Group shortly after her testimony, and Gay resigned in January.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
Feminist scholars and music critics frequently criticized their lyrical disdain for women.
—Liz Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
But scholars of populism warn that a second Trump administration could be far more destabilizing to America’s business leaders and to the larger global economic order.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
The builder’s remedy has been on the books for more than three decades, but was only recently given new life by pro-housing legal scholars and state housing regulators.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Apr. 2024
The no-nonsense response to opioids, however, is a unique moment, according to country-music scholar Amanda Marie Martínez, a doctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
Erwin Chemerinsky, who is the dean of the U.C. Berkeley School of Law, and Catherine Fisk, a progressive labor scholar who also teaches at the law school.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
Eugene Volokh, a law professor at UCLA and renowned civil liberties scholar, argued that students did not have a constitutional right to protest at Chemerinsky’s home.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Rabbi David Wolpe, a visiting scholar at Harvard’s Divinity School, announced his resignation from his role on Harvard’s Antisemitism Advisory Group shortly after her testimony, and Gay resigned in January.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
Feminist scholars and music critics frequently criticized their lyrical disdain for women.
—Liz Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
But scholars of populism warn that a second Trump administration could be far more destabilizing to America’s business leaders and to the larger global economic order.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
The builder’s remedy has been on the books for more than three decades, but was only recently given new life by pro-housing legal scholars and state housing regulators.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholar. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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