Renaissance man

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Recent Examples of Renaissance man Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce finished second (23.1 percent), white nationalist turned Cabinet-member-without-portfolio Laura Loomer was third (14.8 percent), and Renaissance man Charles Kushner (Real-estate developer! George Kalogerakis, Air Mail, 6 Sep. 2025 As a scholar, physician, civil rights champion, historian and humanitarian, Dr. Charles H. Wright was indeed a Renaissance man. Scott Talley, Freep.com, 18 July 2025 If there’s such a thing as an 18-year-old Renaissance man, Moore is that. 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 See All Example Sentences for Renaissance man
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Noun
  • From science fairs to college labs For someone whose work could transform medicine, Liu, 52, is understated — an introverted polymath driven by curiosity.
    Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Famous failures include Roger Moore, the suavest James Bond, and Stephen Fry, Britain’s most famous polymath.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The look includes the team’s deep indigo blue with neon blue, pink and purple diamonds running up the sides and onto the chest.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The bags are available in blues and lavender hues alongside seasonal prints to mirror the open skies and new beginnings.
    Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Duncan will recur as Mimir, a cheery fellow from Celtic lands with an expansive intellect, a quick wit and a good head on his shoulders.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
  • What came to him naturally was his intellect.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For years, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has been a wizard at designing blitzes that fool quarterbacks.
    Sam McDowell February 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That was until April 2016, when Universal Studios Hollywood unveiled its own 200-foot-tall Hogwarts castle inspired by the beloved wizard.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Instead of analyzing every detail in a scene, the human brain quickly detects sudden motion or change and reacts first.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Fiber slows digestion, preventing sharp glucose spikes while delivering antioxidants that protect brain cells.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • What unifies these thinkers is a totalizing and conspiratorial conception of modern liberal politics.
    Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
  • While forming a global network of thinkers, the IPS has developed over the past five years to critically examine the material, discursive, and aesthetic scope of everything that might fall under the heading of postnatural.
    Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Long before neuroscience confirmed it, the sages understood that sustained outrage narrows perception, impairs judgment, and corrodes community.
    Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
  • With 150 hours of burning time and a natural fiber wick, the candle emits woody notes with sage, cedarwood, and other earthy undertones.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As Derya and Aziz’s hypocrisies, as upper-class intellectuals, are increasingly brought to the fore, Namal and Biçer’s conversational performances grow haggard and strained.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Villainous weirdos like Bronze Age Pervert, Curtis Yarvin, or Jack Donovan who populate the ranks of far-right intellectuals are obsessed with their own fabulism about antiquity, reminding one of the murderous gaggle of privileged college kids in Donna Tart’s 1993 campus novel The Secret History.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

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