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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
In recent months, as despotism intensified an increasing number of writers, scholars, and thinkers were declared foreign agents, and their books were taken off the shelves.
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Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
If consummated, Paramount CEO David Ellison will have installed a provocative writer and thinker who has expressed partisan leanings on several major topics at the head of a mainstream news organization that has long sought to cultivate broader audiences.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
This all might sound like science fiction, but these are serious thinkers, and their ideas are tangibly starting to shape priorities and policy within the AI industry.
—Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Simone Weil may be the clearest portrait of a thinker who kept abandoning certainties in pursuit of higher truth.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
David is globally recognised as a leading ecological thinker, teacher, writer and speaker promoting permaculture as a realistic, attractive and powerful alternative to dependent consumerism.
—Catherine Habgood
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
He’s always gravitated toward outside-the-box thinkers who aren’t weighed down by the burden of tradition.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Dallas Willard was an influential evangelical thinker and philosophy professor at the University of Southern California, who died in 2013.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Developers are systems thinkers.
—Mo Trezies, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
If consummated, Paramount CEO David Ellison will have installed a provocative writer and thinker who has expressed partisan leanings on several major topics at the head of a mainstream news organization that has long sought to cultivate broader audiences.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
This all might sound like science fiction, but these are serious thinkers, and their ideas are tangibly starting to shape priorities and policy within the AI industry.
—Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Simone Weil may be the clearest portrait of a thinker who kept abandoning certainties in pursuit of higher truth.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
David is globally recognised as a leading ecological thinker, teacher, writer and speaker promoting permaculture as a realistic, attractive and powerful alternative to dependent consumerism.
—Catherine Habgood
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
He’s always gravitated toward outside-the-box thinkers who aren’t weighed down by the burden of tradition.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Dallas Willard was an influential evangelical thinker and philosophy professor at the University of Southern California, who died in 2013.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Developers are systems thinkers.
—Mo Trezies, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinker
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Notably, the pop star chose not to work with longtime producer Jack Antonoff, and instead forged a reunion with studio genius Max Martin and Shellback.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tim Curry's marvelous Frank was a monster of self-regard, and Tim knew exactly how to give this evil genius his head and Mick served it up on a photographic plate.—
Sara Belcher,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Whether the Jedi mind trick played a role Sunday is hard to quantify, but the message was obvious.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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But housing was also on the minds of the organizers.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Look for an enrollment wizard through notifications and in Settings, Microsoft says.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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Season 1 of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place saw Justin take the young wizard Billie (played by Janice LeAnn Brown) under his wing and into his family.—
Julia MacCary,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Leaper Williams, a Lawrence High graduate who started working at KU at 16, emerged as one of KU football’s most recognizable employees through the years, overcoming a development impairment due to anoxia, a lack of oxygen to the brain, at birth.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
8 Oct. 2025
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Restoring the brain’s waste disposal system The long-term therapeutic result stems from successfully restoring the brain’s blood vessel system.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Literary parents often equate reading with empathy, intellect, and future success.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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Gemini is a miracle air sign known for its dualistic nature and intellect.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Oscars have always been Hollywood’s most glamorous therapy session, where the industry lays bare its collective psyche under the klieg lights of the red carpet.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Let’s assume, for the sake of this exercise, that your nearly 70 years in the afterlife has given you an innate grasp of modern analytics, air travel, nutrition and a deep understanding of the collective psyche of Gen Z.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This week, KitchenAid is offering up to $170 off select tilt-head stand mixers, along with a few other deals.—
Melissa Knific,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
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Jason Smith, AbbVie’s senior vice president and head of Europe commercial operations.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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The festival also falls during the seventh anniversary of the assassination of Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, which a US intelligence report says happened at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The office of the director of national intelligence is expected to make an announcement on the Havana Syndrome investigation soon, two sources told the Herald.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Thinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinker. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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