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philosopher

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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 argument draws on Vladimir Solovyov, a 19th-century Russian philosopher, and on Pope Benedict XVI, and it is developed with genuine theological seriousness. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026 There's nothing like the final major of the golf calendar to turn some of the world's best players into philosophers. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 Olyphant makes a captivating father figure, his outlaw-philosopher charm obscuring the inevitable flaws of a man who raised his daughter to be a criminal. — Judy Berman, Time, 15 July 2026 The 400-plus-page collection of poetry, fiction and essays by the likes of Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and others was curated by philosopher and scholar Alain LeRoy Locke. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for philosopher

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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
In the 1985 book No Sense of Place, the media theorist Joshua Meyrowitz observed that television and other electronic media inundated Americans with new kinds of information about their prospective leaders.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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The complaint, often at the bottom of the Dockets section, will list the allegations the practice or practitioner has been accused of.

— Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
The Self Alignment Cruise was created with Rose Ferguson, a nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

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