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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
Gates was celebrated as a modern-day Renaissance man whose practice incorporates sculpture, conceptual formalism, music, performance, land art and space theory to create community.
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Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
The ‘Renaissance man,’ tireless worker, culture-builder tasked with turning Colorado around
Grading The Week: CU Buffs great Travis Hunter took about 6 seconds to win Jacksonville’s hearts
Beck entered Monday’s game hitting .264 with a team-high eight home runs.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2025
Remembered as a real Renaissance man, a political leader known for being the country’s second prime minister and a lover of alchemy.
—Valentina Di Donato, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
This French automotive wonder was the creation of Gabriel Voisin, an architect, an airplane builder, and all-round Renaissance man.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
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Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
The ‘Renaissance man,’ tireless worker, culture-builder tasked with turning Colorado around
Grading The Week: CU Buffs great Travis Hunter took about 6 seconds to win Jacksonville’s hearts
Beck entered Monday’s game hitting .264 with a team-high eight home runs.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2025
Remembered as a real Renaissance man, a political leader known for being the country’s second prime minister and a lover of alchemy.
—Valentina Di Donato, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
This French automotive wonder was the creation of Gabriel Voisin, an architect, an airplane builder, and all-round Renaissance man.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
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Even during his glittering publishing career at i-D, W, and the American, Italian and British editions of Vogue, the fashion polymath remained a stylist and consultant — staging runway shows and even directing a film — such was his London fashion-world reknown.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The British polymath Lewis Fry Richardson was the first to try his hand at using the laws of physics to model the weather system.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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In a rare turn for Chinese tech, Alibaba is leaning heavily into superintelligence — a hypothetical AI system surpassing human intellect — mirroring efforts by US firms like OpenAI and Meta.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Many, in their optimism of her leadership, emphasized that Charlie Kirk repeatedly noted Erika is more conservative than him, and others highlighted her intellect and family values.—
Amanda Castro
Mandy Taheri
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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The first version, out October 24, will be a country record produced by Nashville wiz Jordan Lehning.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
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Pedal-steel guitar and multi-instrumental wiz David Lindley was lured away to join Jackson Browne’s band in Los Angeles, where Reid soon moved after being signed by Atlantic.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Hall went monochrome with her attire, wearing various shades of blue.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
24 Sep. 2025
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The 12 colors in the palette Frosted Tints articulate that notion clearly thanks to their playful separation of blues and greens from any biophilic context.—
Tim Nelson,
Architectural Digest,
24 Sep. 2025
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Dallas Willard was an influential evangelical thinker and philosophy professor at the University of Southern California, who died in 2013.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Since then, Abd El-Fattah became a leading voice and outspoken thinker during the 2011 Arab Spring in Egypt that brought down Mubarak’s government.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hamilton was diagnosed in 2024 with a brain tumor on the left side of her brain, which has also damaged the optic nerve in her left eye.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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After all, iron is essential for supporting the development and function of your brain and muscles, among other significant benefits.—
Kristine Thomason,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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No one has lived on a distant planet, in the far future, or any place where dragons or wizards rule—so, kudos to anyone who can make such realms feel truly lived in.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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The goal isn’t to turn you into a prompt‑writing wizard, but rather to give you the ability to ask the kinds of questions that cut through jargon and force clarity.—
Sarah Stockdale,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But there was a period during China's reform era that some pro-reform intellectuals admired the fact that America's ruling class was proficient in procedures.—
Vincent Ni,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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That could be a problem in the GOP primary, particularly with residents who are used to Roy’s ability to weave in and out of being a conservative-libertarian firebrand and an intellectual devoted to the movement’s ideas and principles.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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