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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
If there’s such a thing as an 18-year-old Renaissance man, Moore is that.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Lalo is a true Renaissance man: a performer at the piano, a painter with notes, a conductor and composer who has scored some of the most memorable films of the past half-century.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 June 2025
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.
—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
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Lalo is a true Renaissance man: a performer at the piano, a painter with notes, a conductor and composer who has scored some of the most memorable films of the past half-century.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 June 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
Noun
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Joseph, who designs educational games and co-founded the Games for Change Festival, is a polymath himself.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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One of the world’s first calculators, devised in 1642 by the French polymath Blaise Pascal, was pulled from auction — at least for now.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
20 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Granite comes in shades ranging from gray to red to blue to green and beyond.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
15 Jan. 2026
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Are your existing countertops, flooring, and furnishings leaning toward cool undertones (like grays and blues) or warmer earth tones (beiges and browns)?—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The persecution of Trotsky and the Moscow Trials, which caused a rift in the American left, revealed the weakness of Cowley’s party-line political thinking, just as all his other work demonstrated the scope of his literary intellect.—
Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Mister Terrific emerges as one of Superman’s smartest anchors, threading intellect through a story preoccupied with power, trust, and what the world expects its heroes to be.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one?—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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This wizard doesn’t even use a curtain.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But there was no way to get out of it because that was just where my brain and my heart were.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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Just reading the synopsis opened some deep door in my brain.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Balancing beautifully the perspectives, burdens, contributions, and challenges of Utah’s top political leaders, agricultural providers, and scientific thinkers, The Lake captures the intricate complexity that binds these communities together.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2026
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There have been better strategists, more creative thinkers and maybe even greater motivators.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The slightly shiny, spring-ready sage green feels fresh, and the in-between size is just right for carrying all your smallish essentials.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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The palette in the sleeping quarters is neutral—beiges and reddish browns, touches of sage green and gray—while the bathrooms are clad in dramatic black marble.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Jan. 2026
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Should be a fascinating account from one of our most important public intellectuals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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The City of Lights became a refuge for Black artists and intellectuals, if not an uncomplicated one.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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