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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
Many thinkers have reported that key insights came to them in their dreams.
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Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
The same despair and grief and hope as that of our contemporary artists and thinkers whose work may or may not outlive the sixth extinction.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Featuring some of the world’s greatest athletes, adventurers and thinkers.
—William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Martin Gutmann Learn from the world's biggest thinkers.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
Other Catholic thinkers, though, worry this might be too sanguine, and hope the Church will take a stronger stand against AI.
—Elias Wachtel, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
But Snead and McVey aren’t conventional thinkers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
The league needs a basketball champion, a forward thinker and maybe above all else, a fighter.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Yet while there was much Latin American anti-imperialist thinkers could agree on, there were also profound divergences between them.
—Tony Wood, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
The same despair and grief and hope as that of our contemporary artists and thinkers whose work may or may not outlive the sixth extinction.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Featuring some of the world’s greatest athletes, adventurers and thinkers.
—William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Martin Gutmann Learn from the world's biggest thinkers.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
Other Catholic thinkers, though, worry this might be too sanguine, and hope the Church will take a stronger stand against AI.
—Elias Wachtel, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
But Snead and McVey aren’t conventional thinkers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
The league needs a basketball champion, a forward thinker and maybe above all else, a fighter.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Yet while there was much Latin American anti-imperialist thinkers could agree on, there were also profound divergences between them.
—Tony Wood, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinker
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Three years ago, this selection might have looked like genius.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Spurs’ two youngest players made their coach look like a genius.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
25 Apr. 2026
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This white chocolate bar is creamy and ultra-sweet, and the great minds at TJ’s were smart to distract from the one-note flavor with crunchy little cookie crumbles.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2026
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By evening, disruptive Uranus enters your 9th House of Higher Learning and Beliefs, opening your mind to new perspectives, ideas, and possibilities.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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That won't mean much to most gamers or even most PC enthusiasts, but for memory-tuning wizards like 1usmus, more levers to pull in overclocking and timing adjustments may make more capable memory overclocks possible in the future.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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Get ready for witches, munchkins and even the wizard.—
Stacey Zable,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Hall had a 1% chance of survival when he was born four months premature at just 23 weeks gestation, born without a heartbeat and suffering from a brain bleed.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Hernandez, whose death was ruled a suicide, was later determined to have had CTE and early brain atrophy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Though an unabashedly liberal Democrat, Hart commanded respect from lawmakers of both parties for his intellect, decency and grit.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Propaganda was the art that conveyed—through emotions and even spirituality, not intellect—the all-encompassing ideology that ruled one’s life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There is a scene in the big-budget biopic Michael that perfectly encapsulates Michael Jackson’s historically unfathomable fame and crushing, fragile psyche.—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Just the power of this town is incredibly immense, and the ability to tell a story that reaches so far into the psyche and hearts of America.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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The reason, an official with knowledge of the meeting plans said, is because King Charles is a head of state, rather than a head of government.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Matt Small, who is in his first season as Lincoln-Way Central’s head coach, was an assistant at Homewood-Flossmoor.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Charles is expected to talk about the defense, intelligence and security ties the countries have shared for decades.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Belarus’ presidential press service said the negotiations had involved intelligence services from seven countries.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Thinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinker. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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