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Near the back of the Buck sat the biological theorist Aubrey de Grey, stroking a beard the size of a beagle.
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Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 July 2025
Past that limit, theorists had predicted solid gold would have a higher entropy than liquid gold—a clear violation of the laws of thermodynamics.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 23 July 2025
Much to the disappointment of eager theorists, Paytas' second child, Elvis, was born with no one to reincarnate in May of 2024.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 July 2025
Past that limit, theorists had predicted solid gold would have a higher entropy than liquid gold—a clear violation of the laws of thermodynamics.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 23 July 2025
Much to the disappointment of eager theorists, Paytas' second child, Elvis, was born with no one to reincarnate in May of 2024.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorist
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Conybeare, a classics scholar, intertwines learned exegesis with examples of Augustine’s human idiosyncrasies, offering illuminating analyses of the philosopher’s seminal texts and ideas—including his theory of original sin—and of the role that his heritage played in his self-conception.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Not all philosophers are willing to count these disturbances of an animal’s serene environment or personal space as an invasion of privacy.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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Academics can also study hundreds of cases to draw somewhat generalizable insights whereas practitioners are somewhat condemned to only experience small samples in their professional lives (working at say five or ten employers, at the most).—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The creation of the alliance feels necessary to some public health practitioners.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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