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as in geniuses
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
These days, those same thinkers describe their object of study as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena—and universities, governmental agencies, and independent groups are devoting serious resources to finally getting to the bottom of whether extraterrestrials really are out there.
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Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026
Consolmagno’s reasoning helps explain why proof of extraterrestrial life hasn’t shaken the faith of many Catholic thinkers.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
The event influenced Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and helped push early ideas in seismology.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
None of this would have surprised a previous generation of German thinkers—the group known as the Institute for Social Research, or the Frankfurt School.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Early issues featured confident, curious writing from a broad diaspora of lesbian thinkers mostly working outside the academy—as evinced in this issue on ethnic lesbians.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
Notable thinkers dating from the ancient world, including Cicero and Plato, unsurprisingly weighed in on the matter of when and how war might be justified.
—Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2026
State officials hope the investment in youth robotics will help support the next generation of thinkers and builders in Connecticut and sustain an industry that accounts for more than a tenth of the state’s GDP.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
The festival gathers experts, speakers and thinkers from the worlds of music, film, TV, tech and culture.
—Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026
Consolmagno’s reasoning helps explain why proof of extraterrestrial life hasn’t shaken the faith of many Catholic thinkers.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
The event influenced Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and helped push early ideas in seismology.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
None of this would have surprised a previous generation of German thinkers—the group known as the Institute for Social Research, or the Frankfurt School.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Early issues featured confident, curious writing from a broad diaspora of lesbian thinkers mostly working outside the academy—as evinced in this issue on ethnic lesbians.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
Notable thinkers dating from the ancient world, including Cicero and Plato, unsurprisingly weighed in on the matter of when and how war might be justified.
—Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2026
State officials hope the investment in youth robotics will help support the next generation of thinkers and builders in Connecticut and sustain an industry that accounts for more than a tenth of the state’s GDP.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
The festival gathers experts, speakers and thinkers from the worlds of music, film, TV, tech and culture.
—Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkers
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Drama of the nerds and the geniuses.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Special shout-out to the writers’ room for giving us a high-tension cold open and then segueing immediately post-credits to the Titan equivalent of a family road trip where Mom and Dad are pedantic geniuses arguing over what route to take to the beach.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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Creating a dynamic and an atmosphere where people feel comfortable speaking, saying what’s on their minds, is the most vital part of a writers’ room.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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No, the Belgians aren’t losing their minds.—
Steve Douglas,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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At the time, Soros, along with the financiers Julian Robertson and Michael Steinhardt, defined the public image of hedge-fund managers as investment wizards who made fortunes through huge bets, contrarian calls, iron stomachs, and a willingness to operate close to—or over—the regulatory line.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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At the same time, fencing is also touting is status as an Ivy League favorite, a discipline that has historically appealed to artists and egghead-y types including engineers, architects, finance and technical wizards, as well as artists.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Women are compelled to suppress their desires, intellects, and emotions in Gilead.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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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
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Ultimately, the entire discipline of artificial intelligence can be summarized as the effort to recreate the intelligence of human brains in silicon machines.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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Scientific American spoke with Devika Bhushan, a public health physician and adjunct faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine, who studies gender norms, about the ways in which fatherhood affects men’s brains and the mental health struggles dads face.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
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Rather than the standard psychological insights of TV’s many homicide detectives, Graham possesses a virtually psychic ability to put himself into killers’ twisted psyches.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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Federal immigration officers made more than 4,000 arrests and shot multiple people, two fatally, before Operation Metro Surge wound down in February, leaving an imprint on the psyches of young children that could haunt them for years, mental health providers say.—
Moriah Balingit,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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