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theorist

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as in philosopher

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Recent Examples of theorist Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi, a graph theorist at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, was at a conference with Thorup, his longtime collaborator. — Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 This great theorist of language and thought becomes The Argonauts’ first ray of clarity, bringing high seamlessly together with low already on page 1. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 An analytical number theorist and an expert in partial differential equations often don’t speak the same language. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026 The hotel’s design concept weaves a story around the fictional historic Lamarck University, an homage to the French evolutionary theorist, which was supposedly founded in 1894, then abandoned in the 1940s, and ultimately restored by Marriott. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for theorist

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Cristina Lafont, a Spanish philosopher and a former student of Habermas’s, gave a loving tribute.

— Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
Someone who has influenced me quite a bit here is a philosopher called Mazviita Chirimuuta.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

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But for the practitioners who see mathematical truth as an end rather than a means, the consequences of this race are becoming harder and harder to predict.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
One practical step for Miami consumers is to verify a practitioner’s active Florida license through the Florida Department of Health’s public lookup before booking.

— Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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