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Recent Examples of sapience Some people go the other way and say that sapience alone might be enough. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2025 Stories of such yearnings also illustrate a key requirement for sapience: resistance to oppression. Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023 This seeming truth is said with a kind of sleepy sapience, as though only the naïve or the self-deluded would imagine anything otherwise. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sapience
Noun
  • Each issue is filled with breaking news, deep insights, and exclusive strategies for becoming a better traveler.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Throughout the day, as the professor’s thoughts cascade from Dostoyevsky to YouTube fitness influencers, nearly every one of Castro’s acerbic, unfiltered paragraphs contains a bristling insight about literature, weight lifting, or academic politics.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The King of Swords invites you to lead with intellect, integrity, and objectivity.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In a rare turn for Chinese tech, Alibaba is leaning heavily into superintelligence — a hypothetical AI system surpassing human intellect — mirroring efforts by US firms like OpenAI and Meta.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The document aims to provide clarity and accuracy in reporting, addressing contemporary issues and nuanced terminology with precision and sensitivity.
    Nashville Tennessean, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Franco-Canadian and former senior executive at Natixis Asset Management will also need to be mindful of the far right’s budget sensitivities given their readiness to try collapsing the government once more.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Sapience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sapience. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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