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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The folks in charge think Gabriel’s brains, accuracy and ability to process under fire give him a chance to overcome his 5-foot-11 stature.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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One paper, published Tuesday by startup Pathway, makes some big claims about a new kind of transformer model that the authors say more closely mimics the way human brains actually work.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Both existentialism and absurdism have their appeal and are represented by very cool intellectuals.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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But there was a period during China's reform era that some pro-reform intellectuals admired the fact that America's ruling class was proficient in procedures.—
Vincent Ni,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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He’s always gravitated toward outside-the-box thinkers who aren’t weighed down by the burden of tradition.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Among his current projects, one—about the thinkers of the transcendentalist movement (another group of anti-establishment artists)—has been in the works for decades.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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No one has lived on a distant planet, in the far future, or any place where dragons or wizards rule—so, kudos to anyone who can make such realms feel truly lived in.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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This rendition of the beloved franchise follows the Smurfs on a mission to save Papa Smurf, who was stolen by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Math is commonly portrayed as something only prodigies and savants can do.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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The sages imagined the world itself as a structure left open to the north, a reminder that there are always cracks through which danger, chaos, and suffering can enter.—
Barry Gelman,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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Those nostalgic notes evoke the minty hues of the 1950s and the earthy sages that were popular in the 1970s.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Renaissance men.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20men. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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