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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
Songwriting was merely one aspect to the Renaissance man, who was also a Golden Globe-winning actor, Golden Gloves boxer, Rhodes scholar, author, U.S. Army veteran, pilot, and onetime record-label janitor.
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Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
Though Malcolm was no longer in the Nation of Islam, its members had a dress code combatting stereotypical images of Black people.
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Lawyer, actor, and socialist activist Paul Robeson was a stylish Renaissance man.
—Malaika Jabali, Essence, 7 Sep. 2024
Today, he might be called a polymath or a Renaissance man.
—Harriet Quick, theweek, 17 July 2024
After all, the 72-year-old Hoosier is quite the Renaissance man, dabbling in film, musical theater, painting and more between album releases.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
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Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
Though Malcolm was no longer in the Nation of Islam, its members had a dress code combatting stereotypical images of Black people.
04
Lawyer, actor, and socialist activist Paul Robeson was a stylish Renaissance man.
—Malaika Jabali, Essence, 7 Sep. 2024
Today, he might be called a polymath or a Renaissance man.
—Harriet Quick, theweek, 17 July 2024
After all, the 72-year-old Hoosier is quite the Renaissance man, dabbling in film, musical theater, painting and more between album releases.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
Noun
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History attests to the creative power of polymaths.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The world ahead demands a new versatility, and thus, the broad range of skills and interests a polymath can bring.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The musician is a walking satire of downtown presumptions—and his ferocious intellect turns out to be all business, too.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Profound wisdom lives in your most receptive, quiet thoughts so your intuition can guide you where intellect sometimes can’t.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Fun fact from Mariners PR wiz Alex Mayer: the team has actually had a four-homer game on the road, by Mike Cameron in Chicago in 2002, since its last three-homer game at home.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the snippet, which is taken from Ramsey’s popular show, the money wiz shakes his head and buries it in his hands.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
21 Mar. 2025
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The line includes patchwork and scalloped details, bright summery blues, and lilac flowers.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 May 2025
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Recordings cover the entire musical spectrum, including jazz, blues, ragtime, bluegrass, boogie-woogie, country, rock and pop.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
Noun
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The Bidens lost their son, Beau, to a brain tumor in 2015.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Her premise was simple yet powerful: dyslexia stems from errors in the brain's language processing system.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The wizard with the task of pulling this off indoors is Al Zaabi.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Sophie sets out to find a way of lifting the curse and goes to the wizard Howl's castle.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
Noun
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The 20th-century German-Jewish political philosopher escaped the Nazi Holocaust, and won regard as one of the world’s greatest public intellectuals at a time when few women were appointed to university faculties.—
Kim Samuel,
Scientific American,
16 May 2025
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As Chu sees it, intellectuals have confused the state’s real obligation to be neutral—to not arrest or deport people for their political speech—with a critic’s imaginary obligation to pretend art is politically neutral.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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Planting sage near beans can enhance the growth of your herbs and encourage sage to produce more leaves for harvesting.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 May 2025
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In the weeks between Passover and Shavuot, a plague raged amongst the disciples of the great sage Rabbi Akiva and on Lag BaOmer, the dying ceased.—
Rabbi Moishe Kievman,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2025
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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