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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists are aiming to unlock the secrets of his genius on a genetic level.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
Jon Batiste is the definitive musical Renaissance man.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
The 51-year-old Armenian-American has always been a Renaissance man, dabbling in the arts across various media.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
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
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
Jon Batiste is the definitive musical Renaissance man.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
The 51-year-old Armenian-American has always been a Renaissance man, dabbling in the arts across various media.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
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Potter and artistic polymath Kawai Kanjiro was a key figure in the 20th-century Mingei folk art movement.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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Mixed and mastered by Berlin polymath Rashad Becker, Silent Way maintains an underlying drive while exploring efflorescent top-line melodies and loops.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
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These masks use specific wavelengths of light — red for collagen support and blue for targeting acne bacteria — to address skin concerns at a cellular level.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the past few years, the company has also seen more customers opt for blues and greens including Encore 8002-45G and Warm Eucalyptus 8004-28F, which was named Valspar’s 2026 Color of the Year.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2026
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Regardless of their work ethic, intellect and creativity, capital has always exploited them but never been willing to partner with them.—
Jacob Walthour,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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How could all their passion and intellect be allowed to go to waste?—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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By another coincidence, Vai’s band on the inaugural G3 tour featured former San Diego guitar and keyboard wizard Mike Keneally, who was Vai’s replacement in Zappa’s band.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Sprints coach wizard Brandon Thomas continues to train a fast fleet of runners at Rosary and Servite to remarkable results.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
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Those claims alleged that companies had engineered products to be more addictive; for example, by adding chemicals to speed and intensify nicotine delivery to the brain and to ease inhalation, so that smokers would become unable to quit.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Crouch, who suffered a debilitating brain aneurysm a decade ago, also has Medicare, which covers people who are 65 or older or have disabilities.—
Sam Whitehead,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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His own trajectory — from outright banning student use to cautious skepticism to daily reliance — tracks the arc many serious thinkers have traveled.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Throughout the book, Enright’s essays shine a light in her work on Irish writers and thinkers of whom Americans might otherwise remain ignorant or only hold scant knowledge, including Maeve Brennan, John McGahern, and Edna O’Brien.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Try planting carrots with sage to ward off carrot rust flies or with radishes, which have similar growing needs.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2026
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One of Altman’s batch mates in the first Y Combinator cohort was Aaron Swartz, a brilliant but troubled coder who died by suicide in 2013 and is now remembered in many tech circles as something of a sage.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 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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These movements were led by a broad spectrum of Korean intellectuals and activists.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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