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Adjective
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The Schomburg Center has long been the heart of Harlem’s ongoing Renaissance—from the 1920s until the present moment —the neighborhood teems with an energy of artistic and scholarly abundance that, in turn, shapes political and cultural discourse not just in New York City but across the country.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 June 2025 -
Much of the design was informed by a 25-page scholarly paper on how to govern such a city, written by a professor of sociology specifically for the show.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
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The Barbizon quickly became a magnet for the ambitious, glamorous, and erudite—a young Joan Didion once called it home, as did Cybill Shepherd—who came to the Big Apple to pursue their dreams.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 June 2025
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Her transcripts of their conversations can read like early drafts of movie dialogue between two erudite thinkers, untangling the convoluted knots of difficult family histories.—
Evelyn McDonnell
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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The comptroller added that some undocumented people in immigration court weren’t literate and did not have an advocate with them in court, such as a lawyer or translator.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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Business leaders must shift their focus from simply acquiring AI tools to strategically embedding them within human-centric processes, ensuring that twice literate humans are in the loop, empowered and indispensable.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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This kind of trading is seen as a form of learned behavior, where dogs associate a specific action with a reward.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Hoping to learn more about the learned behavior, researchers set up trail cameras to capture video of the cockatoos drinking, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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But they were clearly impressed by his scholarship and writing skills, which are the principal criteria for grading academic papers.—
Bob Shaw,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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The tests are effectively an academic exercise, where the Fed simulates a scenario in the global economy and measures what that scenario would do to bank balance sheets.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
2 Feb. 2023
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And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.—
Jennifer Schuessler,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The process is longest for tuberculosis, which requires samples to be cultured, grown naturally on special plates covered with nutrients, before they can be tested.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2025
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His style is based on a unique blend of physicality and cultured in-possession play.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Solar Power’s acoustic shampoo-commercial pop signified a degree of freedom from the usual rueful, bookish synth-pop grind.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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The story is about a bookish Black girl, in love with English literature (and the emotionally indecipherable white professor teaching it) at a predominantly white university in 1949, losing her childhood illusions — and then, in a gothic twist, losing much more.—
Scott Brown,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2022
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“Polyhistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyhistoric. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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