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Noun
The roll call of films ranges from the highbrow to the decidedly grungy, the menu of a true movie fanatic. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023 Tár is its highbrow counterpart, teasing and celebrating the same personal crisis and class issues. Armond White, National Review, 27 Jan. 2023 But in the pandemic’s wake, the chief human resources officer has morphed into a highbrow position, working with CEOs to drive attraction and retention among a myriad of other talent operations. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023 Margot Robbie, playing Barbie, is clad in an exact re-creation of the original Barbie’s outfit; Gerwig is clearly thinking about the interplay between highbrow and lowbrow, between art and commercialism. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for highbrow
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Adjective
  • That namesake is the 18th-century Italian explorer, adventurer, author, and intellectual Giacomo Casanova The cuisine at Casanova is Italian-inspired and located in the bustling shopping Broadway district of New Haven, 278 Park St., according to Yale University properties.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
  • Jesse Watters and Kellyanne Conway, who are to intellectual discourse what Kryptonite is to Superman's powers, weighed in on Fox News, of course.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • This work bridges two worlds that have long existed apart: the tribal passion of soccer and the cerebral, curated realm of fine art.
    Asli Pelit, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • But that was a fun element, to play both Spencer and Caleb as cerebral together.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • This family journey deeply shaped Fisher’s lifelong scholarly drive to chronicle the struggles and the triumphs of Black communities in the American West.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
  • Of course, the sort of collection that attracts scholarly attention tends toward the rare and precious rather than Izod alligators.
    Libby Buck July 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025

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