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Noun
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For now, these ideas mostly live in the political intelligentsia and online far-right hubs.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
25 Nov. 2025 -
Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Long a collectors’ holy grail, this searching, atmospheric soundtrack recorded for Chicago’s Adler Planetarium in 1993 mixes spiritual jazz with avant-garde pan-Africanism.—
Mark Richardson,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
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However, upon closer inspection, the dress hides an unexpected hidden detail in the form of avant-garde metalwork at the end of each spaghetti strap.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Culturati.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culturati. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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