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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
The story of astronomy begins not with satellites or space probes, but with ancient thinkers who dared to look up and wonder.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2025
The biggest barrier to educating informed critical thinkers isn’t the culture wars.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Another crucial shift in people’s conception of literature came from twentieth-century Africa, Asia, and South America, where post-colonial thinkers conceptualized literature very differently—and more politically—than the individualistic European and American mind-set did.
—Vauhini Vara, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
The third explores attempts by thinkers to use the concept of Asia to forge solidarities, which unraveled at the Asian Relations Conference in Delhi in 1947, when regional powers could not resolve their contradictions.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In the early 1600s, though, a series of texts attributed to a German theologian introduced the Rosicrucian order, and the ideas of alchemy, mysticism and the connection to ancient wisdom influenced a panoply of thinkers and esoteric movements throughout Europe and, eventually, the world.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The result is that America is potentially left dealing with a major mismatch in skills and the lack of analytical thinkers with strong math abilities who can use and adapt to however technology evolves.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
After the exposure of Hitler’s and Stalin’s crimes, many Western thinkers concluded that an altogether new kind of thinking was required to grasp their radical novelty.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Greek Revival Greece and its ancient thinkers play a big role.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2025
The biggest barrier to educating informed critical thinkers isn’t the culture wars.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Another crucial shift in people’s conception of literature came from twentieth-century Africa, Asia, and South America, where post-colonial thinkers conceptualized literature very differently—and more politically—than the individualistic European and American mind-set did.
—Vauhini Vara, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
The third explores attempts by thinkers to use the concept of Asia to forge solidarities, which unraveled at the Asian Relations Conference in Delhi in 1947, when regional powers could not resolve their contradictions.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In the early 1600s, though, a series of texts attributed to a German theologian introduced the Rosicrucian order, and the ideas of alchemy, mysticism and the connection to ancient wisdom influenced a panoply of thinkers and esoteric movements throughout Europe and, eventually, the world.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The result is that America is potentially left dealing with a major mismatch in skills and the lack of analytical thinkers with strong math abilities who can use and adapt to however technology evolves.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
After the exposure of Hitler’s and Stalin’s crimes, many Western thinkers concluded that an altogether new kind of thinking was required to grasp their radical novelty.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Greek Revival Greece and its ancient thinkers play a big role.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkers
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In some history books, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are known as the two college dropouts-turned-geniuses who founded the Apple Computer Company in 1976.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
12 Dec. 2025
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Save the Children was founded by a visionary and her spirit has been carried on by the geniuses of logistics bringing help in the most challenging places and the fierce leaders that shine a bright light in challenging times.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
1 Dec. 2025
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With cancellations and delays at the top of travelers' minds, especially only weeks before Thanksgiving, here is what to know.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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It is criminalized, typically as reckless endangerment, but isn’t categorized in the minds of normal people as a social crime.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one?—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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Whatever uncanny floating effect Henson’s wizards put on that baby has freaked me out for decades.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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The sometimes unbearable suspense of wondering what will happen next can propel even the most mediocre thriller movies forward, and the best ones can use that tension to also probe deep into the psyches of our protagonists.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Dec. 2025
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Highlights include an abstract documentary of a mother-daughter trip to Taiwan, an examination of war correspondents’ psyches, and a bygone public-radio show meant to promote reading.—
Benjamin Cannon,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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Our brains just don’t know how to process that much information.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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But that’s exactly what happened when singer-songwriter Tucker Pillsbury, who goes by Role Model, crossed paths with María Zardoya, the introspective frontwoman of the Marías and the brains behind the solo project Not for Radio.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Thinkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkers. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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