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philosopher

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as in theorist

a person who expresses a theory in a particular area of experience a philosopher of freedom

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Recent Examples of philosopher The experience has given her unique insight into how best to navigate the box while also turning her into a kind of philosopher for the age of multiple realities. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 In particular, Greek mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras and his disciples may have associated beans with reincarnation, so some thought eating them was technically an act of cannibalism. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 After his father’s death, French philosopher Eribon’s trip to his hometown catalyzes a profound meditation on the socioeconomic tensions and disillusionment felt by many young French people. — Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Someone who has influenced me quite a bit here is a philosopher called Mazviita Chirimuuta. — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for philosopher

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The histories of Habsburg Spain, ancien régime France, the Ottomans, Austria-Hungary, and the United Kingdom all illustrate the eighteenth-century political theorist Adam Ferguson’s insight that high debts ultimately induce decline.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary theorist and author of the groundbreaking best seller The Selfish Gene (1976), among many other books, appears to have gone a bit mad.

— James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026

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The health benefits of chair yoga Research on the physical benefits of seated chair yoga has found that practitioners tend to improve their functional fitness and experience a decrease in how much pain interferes with their daily life.

— Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
That nonprofit group has been building resilience in lower-resource countries for over a decade, dispatching coaches and mentors to educate and train local healthcare students and practitioners as well as building financial and material resources.

— Diane Cole, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026

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Alan Mandell, a classical actor and renowned interpreter of playwright Samuel Beckett’s work, died Tuesday at his home in Westwood at the age of 98.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Riders who are deaf or hard of hearing are welcome to meet at the Start Line Stage at 20th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, where an interpreter will be present.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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