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Recent Examples of humanities
In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.
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Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Padley studied classics and history at Baylor University, worked with the Hertog Institute as a political studies fellow and a humanities program facilitator.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Previously, people created knowledge about their world, but there were not strict boundaries between what are now called the humanities, such as history, English and philosophy, and the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physics.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Interested applicants don’t always need to have business courses under their belt, either; schools are willing to take applicants with science, engineering, humanities, and social sciences backgrounds.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Of course, the humanities were never meant to be exclusive.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Some departments, including the division of the arts & the humanities and the biological science division, will undergo restructuring to streamline spending.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
In the meantime, Chicago’s humanities professors appear largely determined to resist being evaluated in terms of expediency.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
After a hiatus to write books — both fiction and nonfiction — and a popular Substack, The Intrinsic Perspective, which seeks to bridge the cultures of science and the humanities, Hoel returned to scientific research, publishing a paper on the math of emergence.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Padley studied classics and history at Baylor University, worked with the Hertog Institute as a political studies fellow and a humanities program facilitator.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Previously, people created knowledge about their world, but there were not strict boundaries between what are now called the humanities, such as history, English and philosophy, and the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physics.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Interested applicants don’t always need to have business courses under their belt, either; schools are willing to take applicants with science, engineering, humanities, and social sciences backgrounds.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Of course, the humanities were never meant to be exclusive.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Some departments, including the division of the arts & the humanities and the biological science division, will undergo restructuring to streamline spending.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
In the meantime, Chicago’s humanities professors appear largely determined to resist being evaluated in terms of expediency.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
After a hiatus to write books — both fiction and nonfiction — and a popular Substack, The Intrinsic Perspective, which seeks to bridge the cultures of science and the humanities, Hoel returned to scientific research, publishing a paper on the math of emergence.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanities
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The win on Sunday follows a runner-up finish from worlds in 2023 and a sixth-place finish in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Seen previously on models like NZXT’s own H6 Flow and the more recent APNX V1, angled fan mounts like those on the H9 Flow RGB offer the best of both worlds.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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And both are known to carry parasites that can hurt humans.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Graduates earn a median income of $90,900 after three years, which rises to $170,100 20 years out—the highest median salary of the top 25 publics.—
Fiona Riley,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Unlike democratic politicians who must constantly justify their actions to skeptical publics and hostile media, autocrats like Putin and Kim arrive at these summits with clear, patient, long-term objectives.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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And that advice proved useful in the coming years, especially after a growth spurt gave the teenager the physical attributes to deal with the kicks and elbows that came from playing against men often twice his age.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The busload of men and women who arrived that day in September 2018, like the others before and after, came with hopes of creating better lives for themselves and their families.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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But for the rest of us mere mortals, the idea of stepping into an ice bath for 10 minutes a day is awful.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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But for us common mortals these have a negative impact, though maybe only on our children, on our wives, on our friends.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
27 Aug. 2025
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Our conversation revealed how commercial space, AI, and medicine are converging in ways that will open entirely new opportunities for businesses and societies.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Each of these commitments comes nestled in a bramble of thorny questions that societies have been debating for the last, let’s round it off at, 250 years.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Daniel has a special way of gathering folks who hold no qualms with showcasing their talent; so to see the historic dance company in this part of the city was such a distinct moment.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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This leaves the remainder, folks more likely to purchase insurance because of poorer health, with potentially exorbitant premiums and out-of-pocket costs.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Humanities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanities. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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