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philosopher

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Definition of philosopher

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 July 31 marks what would have been the 100th birthday of the widely influential American philosopher Hilary Putnam (1926–2016). — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 In Greece, Crates of Thebes becomes one of the first Cynics, a group of philosophers. — New York Times, 31 July 2026 The exam’s board also includes many conservative luminaries, including Christopher Rufo, as well as philosopher, Cornel West. — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 30 July 2026 In 2001, Jimmy Wales, an internet entrepreneur, and Larry Sanger, a philosopher, launched Wikipedia as an experiment in collaborative knowledge creation, allowing anyone with an internet connection to contribute. — Carson Griffith, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for philosopher

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Finding more of them should provide important clues about just what that history looks like, says Tousif Islam, a theorist at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 July 2026
The hotel’s design concept weaves a story around the fictional historic Lamarck University, an homage to the French evolutionary theorist, which was supposedly founded in 1894, then abandoned in the 1940s, and ultimately restored by Marriott.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

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According to the founders, the key differentiator of GlossGenius is that they’re built for the practitioner.

— Alyssa Jaffer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
While past legal cases have limited how practitioners have applied affirmative action, attempts to eliminate it at the federal level are very recent.

— Ben Rosa, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026

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After the former interpreter was sentenced to prison time for the incident, he was ordered to pay nearly $17 million in restitution to Ohtani.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Hours later, across the globe, after the Dodgers dispatched the San Diego Padres in a season-opening win – and after Mizuhara served as Ohtani’s interpreter in a hurried and rushed postgame media scrum – Hiltzik called ESPN again.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 28 July 2026

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