thinkers

plural of thinker

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Recent Examples of thinkers Many thinkers going back two and half thousand years have argued thus. Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Jewish artists and thinkers put out a statement in support of Ruffalo in face of the attacks earlier this week. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 Our judges include some of today’s most influential creators and thinkers, including award-winning authors Jason Reynolds & Angie Thomas and writer and speaker Bartunde Thurston. Usa Today Network Staff Reports, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Whereas the early ceremonies prominently featured nonscientists, political figures, and fringe thinkers, the majority of subsequent recipients have been academic researchers. Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 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 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
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
  • He was exposed to offensive minds with head coaching jobs on their resumes, including Gary Kubiak, Kevin O’Connell, Kevin Stefanski, Klint Kubiak and Dave Canales, plus a number of future offensive coordinators.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI on Tuesday said its artificial intelligence technology has cracked one of the Millennium Problems –– seven famously difficult and unsolved questions in mathematics that have stumped even the world’s brightest minds.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Ever since, witches, wizards, and dragons have bored me silly.
    Griffin Dunne, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • California’s tech wizards were busy helping lead the world into the Information Age, notably the fledgling commercial promise of the Internet.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 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
  • Gadgets with screens of any size have long been allegedly melting, rotting, and/or corrupting the brains of youths for decades.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Kim Kardashian, the brains behind this project, absolutely NAILED IT.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 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 12 Sep. 2026.

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