Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance men
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Private Money, Public Breakthroughs To call Saad Bhamla and his seven co-recipients polymaths is more than flattery.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
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Yet Christgau, through the Consumer Guide, was the only music critic to wear his system-making brains on the outside.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2026
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To be clear, Cortical Labs’s neural cells aren’t extracted from brains.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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In the city, reactions are more mixed within the Arab elite class, causing a rift between the business community and the intellectuals.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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The mix of Byzantine architecture, volcanic landscapes, and community of artists and intellectuals makes a visit here feel like a rare discovery.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2026
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The five-day festival includes an eclectic mix of talks from leading writers, thinkers and speakers.—
Irenie Forshaw,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
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Supporters say introductory courses had become too focused on contemporary social-justice frameworks and that the new standards restore an emphasis on classical thinkers, empirical methods and a broader range of perspectives.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ted Taylor and Freeman Dyson, two other mid-century savants of the atom, spent years at General Atomic designing a gigantic spacecraft that would weigh thousands of tons and propel itself to Mars, Saturn, and the nearby stars with nuclear explosions.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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His sons were lauded as 20-something savants.—
James D. Walsh,
Curbed,
10 Mar. 2026
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Of all the wizards of modern AI, Amodei, the theoretical physicist who founded Anthropic, maker of Claude, is the most publicly anxious about the impact of his product on the world at large, seemingly spooked by his own predictions.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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Only the best of the bat-to-ball wizards can build a career in the majors.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Smee and his group have planted 40 or 50 white sages to help rebuild the local population.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The aromatic foliage of sages (including herb species) deters aphids and Japanese beetles, while the blossoms support a host of beneficial insects.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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