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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
Greek Revival Greece and its ancient thinkers play a big role.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
This program prepares students to be leaders who are critical, analytical thinkers who know how to understand and respond to today’s complex global threats.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
The new infrastructure will empower more thinkers to intuit new possibilities and build out new systems.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
This multi-day gathering invites spiritual leaders, renowned scholars and creative thinkers from around the world to engage in a thoughtful and insightful dialogue on pressing social issues.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Walz, though, pointed to the rise of some left-leaning thinkers over the past year like Hasan Piker, a popular commentator who streams on gaming platform Twitch.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Highly creative thinkers seem to modulate these transitions more flexibly and fluently.
—Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
In the decades after his death, Ludwig Wittgenstein came to be seen as one of the leading thinkers of the century.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The modern age demands different thinkers.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
This program prepares students to be leaders who are critical, analytical thinkers who know how to understand and respond to today’s complex global threats.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
The new infrastructure will empower more thinkers to intuit new possibilities and build out new systems.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
This multi-day gathering invites spiritual leaders, renowned scholars and creative thinkers from around the world to engage in a thoughtful and insightful dialogue on pressing social issues.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Walz, though, pointed to the rise of some left-leaning thinkers over the past year like Hasan Piker, a popular commentator who streams on gaming platform Twitch.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Highly creative thinkers seem to modulate these transitions more flexibly and fluently.
—Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
In the decades after his death, Ludwig Wittgenstein came to be seen as one of the leading thinkers of the century.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The modern age demands different thinkers.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkers
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In the minds of many – but not all – hurricane and climate experts, Melissa’s terrifying trip through the Caribbean also piled on evidence of the increasing influence of a warming ocean on an evolving hurricane landscape.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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How much the redistricting plan changes voters' minds is up for debate.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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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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Nobody cared about our psyches and so, so much stuff flew under the radar.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2025
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But for many people — maybe most — the prospect of climate change deeply involves their psyches and their emotions, especially their fears and hopes.—
John M. Crisp,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Even for experienced sorceresses and wizards, chaos comes with a cost.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Three years after their wonderfully creepy first feature film Coraline, the stop-motion wizards at Laika released this horror comedy about an 11-year-old boy who can communicate with the dead.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Thinkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkers. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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