thinkers

plural of thinker

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Recent Examples of thinkers This coexistence of one god and many gods may initially appear contradictory, but a clearer picture emerges by tracing the history of how Hindu texts, traditions, and thinkers—and some Western scholars—have answered this question. Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 But alongside serious thinkers such as Rankine, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Saidiya Hartman, less rigorous writers and ideas were also elevated. Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Every August, the city becomes a remarkable meeting place for talent from around the world, alongside audiences, producers, commissioners, artists and creative thinkers. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026 Writings on foreign policy by New Right thinkers are limited, and the camp is internally divided. Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026 The business is also growing its base of millions of curious thinkers with non-language subjects; Preply now covers math, computer science, and chess. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 As Hythlodaeus remarks, the political thinkers of the time would dismiss the whole thing as nonsense. Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026 Lewitin’s bold outré works, however, have marked him as chief among the circle of pivotal mid-century artists and thinkers. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 It’s been my privilege to learn, from scholars and thinkers and writers far more deeply rooted than myself in the American west, about its realities and relentless contradictions. Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkers
Noun
  • In their place are flawed geniuses and idiosyncratic personalities thrust together in the dregs of intelligence services, operating like a dysfunctional family under its disreputable patriarch.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Broadly speaking, these kinds of stories — powered by a stop-them-before-they-kill-again clock, making their antagonists out to be finicky geniuses or horror movie monsters instead of opportunistic mediocrities — strike me as a low form of fiction.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • While the settlement may put Meta investors' minds at ease for now, while setting a perhaps reassuring precedent for the rest of social media, analysts don't think the Mark Zuckerberg company is completely out of the legal woods.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Seeing Texas fail to live up to the preseason hype from a season ago may still linger in the minds of fans, but the Longhorns once again look strong on paper.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • This means the team members don’t need to be tech wizards to build custom reference material.
    K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Players can also customize a walking castle and investigate a mystery involving missing wizards.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Women are compelled to suppress their desires, intellects, and emotions in Gilead.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • If Pangram’s tools are accurate, 260 out of 310 people who published guest articles in the NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post did it entirely with their own brains (or perhaps the brains of an underling).
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The study described the importance of reducing stigma about cognitive decline, helping people care for their brains to decrease dementia risk and acknowledging the impacts dementia has on families and households.
    Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Pugh, also a series executive producer, found the humanity inside of Cathy, says Kazan, without defanging one of literature’s most complicated psyches.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026
  • What’s our relationship then, to this tech that increasingly looks set to entwine with our lives and psyches?
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Thinkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkers. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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