as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking
highbrowed readers were not bothered by the novel's lack of a conventional plot
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Adjective
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For menswear, the brand cited photographer Peter Beard as inspiration, channeling an intellectual-meets-bohemian aesthetic.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
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The combination of pure intellectual inquiries and engineering advancement has been shaping this interdisciplinary field since its creation.—
Zhixin Wang,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The challenge is to become as skilled and cerebral as possible, preferably while the elite athleticism is still present.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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The artist needs no cerebral middleman to move the motif from the world to the page.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Partnering with Donaldson would address the publicity problem while the university could handle the academic production.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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The layoffs included a Health and Human Services division centered on family and community initiatives, a Housing and Urban Development office that enforces fair housing standards, and an Education Department team devoted to boosting K–12 academic performance, multiple staffers said.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Today these works are well defined by Mondrian’s legacy, with his rigid paintings of black-and-white grids, sprinkled with rectangular forms in red, yellow, and blue.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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Washes include sepia blue, ochre blue, graphite, brown black and more.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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Since modern romance developed in the 1970s, these novels have been thoroughly ignored by highbrow critics and prestigious-award juries.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
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Trent Reznor usually keeps his highbrow Oscar-winning soundtrack composer side relatively separate from his main gig running Nine Inch Nails.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Highbrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highbrowed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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