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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
Turner assembles a kaleidoscope of archival footage, performance clips, still photography, and interviews with his Arkestra members and contemporary thinkers who map Sun Ra’s long cultural afterlife.
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
And each dares to honor the humanity in characters often reduced to predators and prey by one faction, shrill social justice warriors and brave free thinkers by another.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
The most literal thinkers approach the prompt apocalyptically.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
On Elon Musk’s X and among influential right-wing thinkers like Curtis Yarvin, the fixation is even more overt.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
Grant and subsequent racist thinkers like 21st century Frenchman Renaud Camus believe that white people need authoritarian protection.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Multigenerational convocations among Central Asian thinkers remain exceptionally rare.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Serious thinkers have long proposed making our tax rates less top heavy to promote growth and reduce our whiplash-inducing revenue streams.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
To get a sense for how some of our greatest thinkers, performers, and athletes unwind in their moments outside the public eye, read on for a look at their domestic lives in photos.
—Shelli Nicole, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2026
Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
And each dares to honor the humanity in characters often reduced to predators and prey by one faction, shrill social justice warriors and brave free thinkers by another.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
The most literal thinkers approach the prompt apocalyptically.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
On Elon Musk’s X and among influential right-wing thinkers like Curtis Yarvin, the fixation is even more overt.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
Grant and subsequent racist thinkers like 21st century Frenchman Renaud Camus believe that white people need authoritarian protection.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Multigenerational convocations among Central Asian thinkers remain exceptionally rare.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Serious thinkers have long proposed making our tax rates less top heavy to promote growth and reduce our whiplash-inducing revenue streams.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
To get a sense for how some of our greatest thinkers, performers, and athletes unwind in their moments outside the public eye, read on for a look at their domestic lives in photos.
—Shelli Nicole, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkers
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Collaborative relationships are ignored, the impact of women and other minority partners dismissed, all in the interest of tidy legacies, strong sales and lone geniuses.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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History is littered with no shortage of geniuses and incredibly successful people who probably followed that mantra completely, from Napoleon to Henry Ford to you name it.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Feb. 2026
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Tatum won that tug-of-war, but the alternate-universe version of the Kardashian family tree now lives rent-free in fans’ minds.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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To some extent, minds have already been a bit blown — or at least perplexed — by real-world events.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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Only the best of the bat-to-ball wizards can build a career in the majors.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Everything culminates in a climactic scene in the Shrieking Shack, where the truth about the two Animagi (wizards who can turn into animals) is revealed, plus Sirius Black (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù) comes clean as a friend of Harry’s parents who can also turn into a black dog.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 Jan. 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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Can the same approach work to rewire the brains of teenagers who have grown up with tech and ultraprocessed foods?—
Alicia Garceau,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
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For the big brains at Pixar, always up for a conceptual challenge, interspecies communication is not a given to be embraced but a problem to be solved.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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This meditative chapter served to reset the students' psyches via the most unlikely of methods… by the reading of a classic 20th-century American stage play.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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While Fermin wasn’t catching the rehabbing Joe Musgrove, the veteran right-hander was an additional Rosetta Stone for the division, the NL in general and even the psyches of the new pitchers throwing to him.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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