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someone who knows a lot about many different things
She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences.
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Recent Examples of polymath
Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Fresh off the heels of Anderson’s Dior debut during the men’s shows last week, the Irish polymath plans to reveal the new direction for his label at the Galerie Joseph in the Marais on Monday via a presentation.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
However, another famous polymath beat Kepler to the publisher a year earlier.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
In the past six years, the creative polymath Devonté Hynes has kept remarkably busy.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Adjective
Many entrepreneurs have embraced the idea of the American Dream, but few have fully embodied its spirit quite like polymath Pedro David Espinoza.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Fresh off the heels of Anderson’s Dior debut during the men’s shows last week, the Irish polymath plans to reveal the new direction for his label at the Galerie Joseph in the Marais on Monday via a presentation.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
However, another famous polymath beat Kepler to the publisher a year earlier.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
In the past six years, the creative polymath Devonté Hynes has kept remarkably busy.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polymath
Noun
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Notably, the pop star chose not to work with longtime producer Jack Antonoff, and instead forged a reunion with studio genius Max Martin and Shellback.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tim Curry's marvelous Frank was a monster of self-regard, and Tim knew exactly how to give this evil genius his head and Mick served it up on a photographic plate.—
Sara Belcher,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 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
Noun
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Your little virtuoso can also activate the pixel piano player mode that builds and displays cool versions of their favorite animals.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Earlier, John Mayer opened with an easygoing, hour-long set interspersed with his moments of virtuoso guitar heat.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
27 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
Noun
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Look for an enrollment wizard through notifications and in Settings, Microsoft says.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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Season 1 of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place saw Justin take the young wizard Billie (played by Janice LeAnn Brown) under his wing and into his family.—
Julia MacCary,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, scholarly knowledge was becoming more specialized and professionalized.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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In recent months, as despotism intensified an increasing number of writers, scholars, and thinkers were declared foreign agents, and their books were taken off the shelves.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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If consummated, Paramount CEO David Ellison will have installed a provocative writer and thinker who has expressed partisan leanings on several major topics at the head of a mainstream news organization that has long sought to cultivate broader audiences.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Oct. 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
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“Polymath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polymath. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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