as in materialists
a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture
the town's philistines who think that spending on the arts is a waste of taxpayers' money
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Performances and stunts are delivered by international acrobats and clowns during music and light shows.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026 -
How did clowns become a protest symbol?—
Janet W. Lee,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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And the economic importance of LEO, Pringle added, is far more than just the financial boom that venture capitalists are beginning to envision.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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California state senator Scott Wiener, who’s drawn the ire of Silicon Valley for his bills regulating AI, has come out with a new bill that some venture capitalists are actually supporting.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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This finding matches with prior research, carried out in lab mice and rats, which has found that long-term methylphenidate treatment in juvenile animals normalizes some abnormalities in dopamine-rich brain regions.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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But that number doesn’t include the animals used in most experiments — rats, mice, birds and fish — since none are protected under the Animal Welfare Act.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Philistines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philistines. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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