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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
Consolmagno’s reasoning helps explain why proof of extraterrestrial life hasn’t shaken the faith of many Catholic thinkers.
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Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
The event influenced Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and helped push early ideas in seismology.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
None of this would have surprised a previous generation of German thinkers—the group known as the Institute for Social Research, or the Frankfurt School.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Early issues featured confident, curious writing from a broad diaspora of lesbian thinkers mostly working outside the academy—as evinced in this issue on ethnic lesbians.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
Notable thinkers dating from the ancient world, including Cicero and Plato, unsurprisingly weighed in on the matter of when and how war might be justified.
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Keith Tidman,
Baltimore Sun,
15 June 2026
State officials hope the investment in youth robotics will help support the next generation of thinkers and builders in Connecticut and sustain an industry that accounts for more than a tenth of the state’s GDP.
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P.r. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
The festival gathers experts, speakers and thinkers from the worlds of music, film, TV, tech and culture.
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Mary Wenthur,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
Yet these thinkers remained exceptions.
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Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
The event influenced Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and helped push early ideas in seismology.
—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
None of this would have surprised a previous generation of German thinkers—the group known as the Institute for Social Research, or the Frankfurt School.
—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Early issues featured confident, curious writing from a broad diaspora of lesbian thinkers mostly working outside the academy—as evinced in this issue on ethnic lesbians.
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
Notable thinkers dating from the ancient world, including Cicero and Plato, unsurprisingly weighed in on the matter of when and how war might be justified.
—
Keith Tidman,
Baltimore Sun,
15 June 2026
State officials hope the investment in youth robotics will help support the next generation of thinkers and builders in Connecticut and sustain an industry that accounts for more than a tenth of the state’s GDP.
—
P.r. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
The festival gathers experts, speakers and thinkers from the worlds of music, film, TV, tech and culture.
—
Mary Wenthur,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
Yet these thinkers remained exceptions.
—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinker
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And Peter Asher, who was one-half of the 1960s British pop duo Peter and Gordon before going on to become one of the most powerful record producers of the 1970s, is a figure of talent and charisma and fascination, even if part of that was his genius for being in the right place at the right time.
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Once there, a combination of Messi’s genius, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez’s larger-than-life performances, a well-balanced team, and — it must be said — some unsavoury moments of skullduggery by several players, helped Argentina battle their way to the final against defending champions France.
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Regardless, not every player is drafted with stardom in mind.
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The Virgo moon offers opportunities to share what’s on your mind with others.
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Beasley even lit up the scoreboard consistently across the globe in China, affording him unquestioned credentials as an offensive wizard worldwide.
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At the time, Soros, along with the financiers Julian Robertson and Michael Steinhardt, defined the public image of hedge-fund managers as investment wizards who made fortunes through huge bets, contrarian calls, iron stomachs, and a willingness to operate close to—or over—the regulatory line.
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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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Remember, Venus has everything to do with love, beauty, pleasure, values and money, while Pluto governs obsession, control, transformation, intimacy and the shadowy corners of the psyche.
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Men and women in white coats drew blood, scanned, x-rayed, checked our psyche, our balance, our urine.
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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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The versatility, the intelligence, the playmaking and that ineffable ability to win — the Frenchman was a basketball romantic’s dream.
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As these systems begin to mirror and amplify human intelligence, agency, and even our flaws, the stakes become existential.
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