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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 exact origin of the word has been difficult for linguists to pin down, but Gerald Cohen, a professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, published a book on the topic in 2023 with two other language scholars.
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Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 July 2025
Rabbi Neil Danzig, a longtime professor of rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and an authority on the post-Talmudic Babylonian scholars known as the Geonim, died July 4.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
But—to the dismay of Stein scholars—Katz never published his notes.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Accusations of genocide have particular gravity in Israel because of the origins of the concept in the work of Jewish legal scholars in the wake of the Nazi Holocaust.
—Charlotte Greenfield, USA Today, 28 July 2025
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Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 July 2025
Rabbi Neil Danzig, a longtime professor of rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and an authority on the post-Talmudic Babylonian scholars known as the Geonim, died July 4.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
But—to the dismay of Stein scholars—Katz never published his notes.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Accusations of genocide have particular gravity in Israel because of the origins of the concept in the work of Jewish legal scholars in the wake of the Nazi Holocaust.
—Charlotte Greenfield, USA Today, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholar
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Help on both sides of the floor With the acquisitions of Jrue Holiday and Damian Lillard, Henderson now has quite possibly the best teachers to lean on in the coming season.—
Morten Stig Jensen,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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She was also backed by the Liberty & Justice for Kentucky PAC, with a nearly $500,000 campaign contribution that included $200,000 from the Jefferson County teachers' union's PAC.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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Working in unprepared landscapes puts firefighters' lives at risk, said Alexander Held, a senior expert in fire management at the European Forest Institute, adding authorities should prepare by creating buffer zones and clearing combustible vegetation.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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Dealing with rising costs and a pursuit of experiences and self-care are taking precedence over long-term financial planning, experts observed.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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The institute includes a medical school, which took in its first students on July 14.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
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School leaders and city council members want to create ways for students to become more involved in government.—
Madeline King,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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Downstairs on Deck 16, the Top Sail Lounge glows in black marble and sage velvet.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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But the black observed in Andean sage flowers is naturally occurring.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
1 Aug. 2025
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Rihanna has long been the master of maternity fashion.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
8 Aug. 2025
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Those students could earn $55,000 while taking classes for their master’s degrees and working in the field under mentors at MPS.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Will school districts use the $325 per pupil increase each year?—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The large, heavy-bodied snake has a large triangular head, vertical pupils and a rattle.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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Following Mamdani's win—what some see as a transcendent moment in national politics—pundits have gone to great lengths trying to decode what democratic socialism, a relative anomaly in America, actually is.—
Jerel Ezell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Sports pundit Skip Bayless made a racial claim about NFL teams after Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders had an impressive preseason debut on Friday night.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The Match tells the true story of how, in the face of discrimination and exclusion, British-Jewish rising tennis star Angela Buxton and African American athletic virtuoso Althea Gibson formed an unlikely pair that took Wimbledon by storm and forged a lifelong friendship.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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Billy Woods rose out of the Brooklyn rap underground as a virtuoso poet, one of hip-hop’s most independent and brilliant minds over the past two decades.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
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“Scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholar. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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