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Adjective
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At the same time, scholarly knowledge was becoming more specialized and professionalized.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The idea of a faculty committee empowered to vet scholarly publications for racial bias has, ineluctably, a Star Chamber vibe.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Schattenfroh is extremely long and prodigiously learned, with scenes—and even sentences—that veer from one century to another, and with a taste for literary and art historical in-jokes that might try the patience of even the most erudite reader.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Marty is an erudite man of letters who has long wanted to meet one of his favorite writers.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Financially literate people tend to build more wealth, live happier lives and even have better health outcomes.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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This was not a revolt driven by the literate few.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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What made the incident even more striking was that most of Audubon Zoo’s sleepy lizards were bred in captivity, implying the reaction was an innate response instead of learned behavior.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
17 Sep. 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
Adjective
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While the exact date of the ownership change is still unknown, operations will shift under the United Community Center — including a new age cap of 3 years for on-campus care and a schedule that no longer aligns with Alverno’s academic breaks.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Verbatim bell hooks Writer and academic, teacher and activist.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 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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No embryos were cultured beyond this point.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Bahrain fiercely guards its reputation for natural pearls, having banned the production of cultured versions in 1928, soon after they’d been devised by Kokichi Mikimoto.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The comedy-drama, written by Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, follows Lorelai and her bookish daughter Rory (Bledel) in the quirky, charming small town of Stars Hollow, Conn.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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And yet Klein, in his distinctly bookish and measured approach, sometimes recalls an Obamian voice, if the former President had been a journalist with a beard, tattoos, and a predilection for Burning Man.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Polyhistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyhistoric. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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