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Omar confronted one theorist on X Thursday.
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026
Last summer, two sets of graph theorists — Jin, Milojević, and Tomon in Europe, and Zhang at Stanford University — were enthusiastically making progress on one of graph theory’s most central questions.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
Regardless, the hot-button topic of immigration enforcement taps into emotions and fear, said Daniel Lawrence, an associate professor at University of Wisconsin-Superior and a digital media theorist.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The late theorist Gene Sharp laid them out, along with ideas for strategic planning, in books such as From Dictatorship to Democracy and Waging Nonviolent Struggle.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026
Last summer, two sets of graph theorists — Jin, Milojević, and Tomon in Europe, and Zhang at Stanford University — were enthusiastically making progress on one of graph theory’s most central questions.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
Regardless, the hot-button topic of immigration enforcement taps into emotions and fear, said Daniel Lawrence, an associate professor at University of Wisconsin-Superior and a digital media theorist.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The late theorist Gene Sharp laid them out, along with ideas for strategic planning, in books such as From Dictatorship to Democracy and Waging Nonviolent Struggle.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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theorist
noun
the·o·rist
ˈthē-ə-rəst 
ˈthi(-ə)r-əst
: a person who theorizes
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