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as in genii
a very smart person
many of our most renowned thinkers gathered for the symposium
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as in minds
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 thinkers
Evolutionary thinkers have long argued that humans evolved to notice snakes, which might explain why these creatures slither into a vast number of mythologies, from Quetzalcoatl in Mexico and Damballa in West Africa to celestial dragons in China.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Obsess Over Concept-to-Execution Speed – The market punishes slow thinkers.
—Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Because the manuscript transmission was so thin, Lucretius had no direct influence on medieval thinkers.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
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.
—Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 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
Even in antiquity, some thinkers embodied this courage.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 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
Developers are systems thinkers.
—Mo Trezies, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Obsess Over Concept-to-Execution Speed – The market punishes slow thinkers.
—Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Because the manuscript transmission was so thin, Lucretius had no direct influence on medieval thinkers.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
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.
—Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 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
Even in antiquity, some thinkers embodied this courage.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 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
Developers are systems thinkers.
—Mo Trezies, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkers
Noun
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These are just some of the questions on industry execs’ minds.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Several smart minds in tech like the odds of Sivaram’s company.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Worldly readers had to wonder what really went on when the geniuses and their wives went home after dinner.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Between them, the gangly mods kept alive the fading tradition of feuding musical geniuses, a path that Paul McCartney and John Lennon had paved before them.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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The show, so far, has emphasized a clear-eyed approach to its subjects’ misdeeds, but also curiosity about untangling their psyches.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Clearly the recent inflationary period has eaten into American pocketbooks as well as their psyches.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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They’re not confronted with wizards.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Classically trained, Yasinski is a master of the bayan, a chromatic button accordion that seemingly requires musicians who play it also be math wizards to keep track of the dizzying number of fingering positions required to perform on it.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Thinkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkers. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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