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as in teacher
a person of deep wisdom or learning
scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act
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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a scholar who is a specialist in the history of ancient Greece
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as in student
one who attends a school
a competition for promising young scholars from across the country
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Recent Examples of scholar
The institution has presented the prize annually since 2005 in recognition of the work of African American artists and scholars.
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News Desk, Artforum, 13 May 2025
Karen Young, senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, said the center of Abu Dhabi’s economic significance remains finance.
—Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 11 May 2025
Two decades ago, institutions and scholars only scratched the surface, whereas today, audiences want to go deeper.
—Hok-Hang Cheung For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 May 2025
Weiss said some scholars believe the prophecy was written in support of a cardinal who was campaigning to be the next pope.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 13 May 2025
Karen Young, senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, said the center of Abu Dhabi’s economic significance remains finance.
—Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 11 May 2025
Two decades ago, institutions and scholars only scratched the surface, whereas today, audiences want to go deeper.
—Hok-Hang Cheung For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 May 2025
Weiss said some scholars believe the prophecy was written in support of a cardinal who was campaigning to be the next pope.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholar
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The situation remains the same, but your relationship to it changes completely. Transform your triggers into your greatest teachers Become a zen entrepreneur by transforming your relationship to triggers.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The effort also aims to improve staff retention and recruitment at a time when hiring enough teachers can prove challenging — especially in an expensive city where the rising cost of having a family outpaces a teacher’s salary.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Only 20 experts out of the roughly 525 who did the work at USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance and its Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Relief are being hired by PRM, the source said.—
Jonathan Landay,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year.—
Mohammed Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Long holiday weekends are ideal for travel because many people have an extra day off work and students are off from school.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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In October 2019, the mother of four — who shares North West, 11, Saint West, 9, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 6, with ex-husband Kanye West — dressed as the fictional Harvard law school student for Halloween.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Coming in both sage and hazelnut chenille, this is the perfect piece for creating a cozy reading nook or laid-back living room environment.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
15 May 2025
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Every art lover must visit The Louvre at least once in their lifetime not just to see Leonardo’s incredible Mona Lisa and the famous Venus de Milo but for the quieter galleries too in the Richelieu wing with works by masters like Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Get The Recipe 02 of 10 Pineapple Cherry Dump Cake Some of Grandma’s recipes take a practiced hand in the kitchen to master, but old-school dump cake recipes are literally foolproof.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
19 May 2025
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The four-part series, which explores complex issues such as toxic masculinity and the dangers of online radicalization, is set to be made freely accessible to secondary school pupils through a partnership between Netflix and the Into Film+ streaming service.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
8 May 2025
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Between 2008 and 2018, the amount of funding available per pupil in traditional public schools substantially declined, while funding for charters schools increased, leaving public schools to try to maintain the same services but with fewer resources.—
Derek W. Black,
The Conversation,
6 May 2025
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Veteran boxing pundit Teddy Atlas recently offered his opinion on Jones and his time with the UFC heavyweight crown.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Soccer pundit Gary Lineker will leave the BBC sooner than planned following an antisemitism row, the corporation has confirmed.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Become Good At Something In Groundhog Day, Connors appears to relive the same day hundreds of times over; however, throughout the course of the film, Connors learns to speak French and becomes an expert at ice sculpting and a virtuoso pianist.—
Michael Hicks,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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During a pivotal moment of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway, country virtuoso Orville Peck makes a bold choice.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholar. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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