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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
Jon Batiste is the definitive musical Renaissance man.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
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Previously the site has published excerpts and shorts from authors like Stephanie Wambugu, Erin Somers, and the late polymath, Joe Brainard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Among the iconic polymath’s many (many) achievements, the 15th century thinker is famous for devising an angled contraption to help his experiments exploring friction physics.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 Feb. 2026
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Terracotta, rose-brown, and charcoal blue add depth and personality.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
4 Mar. 2026
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So, Democrats are betting big on Cooper to be able to flip the Senate seat blue.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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At its core, reading a physical book, particularly a novel, connotes more than just taste, intellect, or even a desire to pass your time in a more productive way than doomscrolling.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
9 Mar. 2026
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That effect, in Anderson’s succinct terms, is one of pleasure or displeasure—both are embedded in an experience as much of the body as the intellect.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Radcliffe played the titular wizard Harry Potter in the beloved franchise, while Felton portrayed Potter's nemesis Draco Malfoy.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The wizard responsible for this remarkable bit of time travel is production designer Alex DiGerlando, who happens to have some first-hand memories of the period from attending NYU during in the 1990s.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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By acting on both the gut and the brain to regulate digestion, insulin and appetite, the medications help curb cravings.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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We are assured that his brain will heal.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Turner assembles a kaleidoscope of archival footage, performance clips, still photography, and interviews with his Arkestra members and contemporary thinkers who map Sun Ra’s long cultural afterlife.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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And each dares to honor the humanity in characters often reduced to predators and prey by one faction, shrill social justice warriors and brave free thinkers by another.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Sage Green We've all been told that gray is outdated for quite some time now, which is why some homeowners have started opting for its slightly more interesting cousin, sage green.—
Tessa Cooper,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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This sage green set sparkles with silver reflects in the light.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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In the years following Deng Xiaoping’s turn toward a capitalist economy, some Chinese intellectuals felt a kind of spiritual malaise; Deng’s reforms had failed to provide moral direction for a vast and proud former empire.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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More to Explore In this environment, some activists and intellectuals adopted bikes as part of a resistance to car-centric capitalist modernism.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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