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as in genius
a very smart person
many of our most renowned thinkers gathered for the symposium
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as in mind
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
loves crossword puzzles, bridge, and other pastimes that makes her use the old thinker
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Recent Examples of thinker
Tradition of separation The idea of separate spheres of spiritual and secular functions and authority was advanced by religious and secular thinkers to benefit both religion and the state.
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Steven K. Green,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
The Deeper Shift Hiding Underneath The AI Debate Two thinkers, decades apart, asked the same question in different ways.
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Dreen Yang,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Her generation was one of thinkers, politically committed to defining how individuals were to be shaped as citizens of a civilized nation.
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Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
The program of participants brings together a cross-disciplinary group of artists and thinkers.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 June 2026
These Virginia aristocrats had been raised on the same Enlightenment thinkers—David Hume and Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire—as John Adams and Samuel Adams had.
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James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
While agile new companies can offer top AI thinkers massive equity upside, Hassabis’s confidence is rooted in Google’s structural advantages, including its unparalleled ecosystem of data, integrated hardware, and sheer computing power.
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Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
That is truly a pity because this brilliant thinker revolutionized both mathematics and physics.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 June 2026
In recent years, writers, thinkers, and podcasters have advanced rival prescriptions for restoring the economic mobility that twentieth-century Americans came to see as their birthright.
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Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Steven K. Green,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
The Deeper Shift Hiding Underneath The AI Debate Two thinkers, decades apart, asked the same question in different ways.
—
Dreen Yang,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Her generation was one of thinkers, politically committed to defining how individuals were to be shaped as citizens of a civilized nation.
—
Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
The program of participants brings together a cross-disciplinary group of artists and thinkers.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 June 2026
These Virginia aristocrats had been raised on the same Enlightenment thinkers—David Hume and Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire—as John Adams and Samuel Adams had.
—
James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
While agile new companies can offer top AI thinkers massive equity upside, Hassabis’s confidence is rooted in Google’s structural advantages, including its unparalleled ecosystem of data, integrated hardware, and sheer computing power.
—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
That is truly a pity because this brilliant thinker revolutionized both mathematics and physics.
—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 June 2026
In recent years, writers, thinkers, and podcasters have advanced rival prescriptions for restoring the economic mobility that twentieth-century Americans came to see as their birthright.
—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinker
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The market is oversaturated, and Riley is a genius for not only recognizing that but realizing that all of these new DJs are going to need lawyers to negotiate their contracts.
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Combining all the hits of a Southern breakfast (eggs, hashbrowns, sausage) into one oven-ready dish is a stroke of pure genius that lends itself to occasion brunches and morning celebrations.
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Thousands of fans in Mexico lost their minds and shook the earth.
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At the beach, maybe, at a barbecue or whatever place sets fireworks pinwheeling through your holiday-happy mind.
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After climbing the Azkaban Escape Tower to the top, repel-style, young wizards-in-training, Clark and Emily Friscia, were ready to go home.
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And two other high-flying AI wizards — Anthropic and OpenAI — are working on their own mega offerings.
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Lecture topics range from anxiety, stress and depression to mindfulness and brain health.
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The blasts of noise and oregano at Kafeneion, a restaurant above a wine bar in a building across from the city’s Victorian-era Parliament House, ricocheted my brain to my one trip to Athens a dozen years earlier.
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Odysseus is a warrior with wit and intellect, a con man and fabulist who constantly reinvents himself.
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His immediate presence was one of sharp intellect, efficiency and modesty.
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Didion’s genius was to show that the mystery of the psyche is integral to the mysteries of politics and history.
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Director Paul Weiland, who lived out the exact same bar-mitzvah scenario his protagonist does, nails the specifics of a summer that, for better and for worse, remains ingrained into the national psyche.
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The Scorpio moon fills your head with future plans for creative expansion.
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Wilson joins a Bulls team that has signaled a full rebuild this summer, installing a new head coach and front office before the draft.
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Forty ships transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, according to data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler, a number still significantly lower than the average daily crossings before the war with Iran started in February.
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By allowing intelligence and learned capabilities to be shared across robot types, the platform aims to accelerate deployment, improve operational efficiency, and deliver a consistent experience across every aspect of hotel operations, claims Pudu.
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“Thinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinker. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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