2
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
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While the stories don’t entirely reflect the same plight, some scholars contend that the fabled story of Hamlet does carry the same emotional tenor of parental grief and guilt threading the two experiences together.
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Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
Justin is a constitutional scholar.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Alexandrova chose to switch to handheld because of the energy brought to the set by actress Alice Carvalho, who plays Fátima, Armando’s late wife, who was also a scholar and political radical.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
Field shows, for example, how the Claremont Institute became a nest of conspiracy theorists and election denialists, with one of their own Straussians—the constitutional scholar John Eastman—providing Trump with a bogus legal justification for overturning the 2020 presidential election.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
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Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
Justin is a constitutional scholar.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Alexandrova chose to switch to handheld because of the energy brought to the set by actress Alice Carvalho, who plays Fátima, Armando’s late wife, who was also a scholar and political radical.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
Field shows, for example, how the Claremont Institute became a nest of conspiracy theorists and election denialists, with one of their own Straussians—the constitutional scholar John Eastman—providing Trump with a bogus legal justification for overturning the 2020 presidential election.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholar. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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