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theorist

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Definition of theoristnext
as in philosopher

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Recent Examples of theorist 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 In the 1985 book No Sense of Place, the media theorist Joshua Meyrowitz observed that television and other electronic media inundated Americans with new kinds of information about their prospective leaders. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for theorist
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  1. philosopher
  2. practitioner
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  • In other words, a young philosopher in the Department of Philosophy in one of the most prestigious universities in the world had failed to digest what Galileo had understood four centuries ago!
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Pola recounts that paradox the way the philosopher originally conceived it—as a puzzle about the nature of reality.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of philosopher
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  • The evidence and the practitioners both point the same direction.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The suspect was described by Palencia as an intelligent student and active taekwondo practitioner.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of practitioner

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