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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
The definition of Black motherhood is an expansive one when drawn from the creative archive of Black feminist thinkers.
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Literary Hub, 8 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
One of America’s best legal thinkers had just been chastised like a farm animal.
—Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 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
Yet these thinkers remained exceptions.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
This was a pre-internet era, Smith noted, and searching souls were turning to books or New Age thinkers for guidance.
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
And Su is not alone in believing big thinkers will stay afloat in the AI revolution; Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has emphasized that beyond being tech savvy, professionals need to leverage human skills like judgement and creativity to win out.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The founders of these companies are systems-level thinkers in the most literal sense.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Literary Hub, 8 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
One of America’s best legal thinkers had just been chastised like a farm animal.
—Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 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
Yet these thinkers remained exceptions.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
This was a pre-internet era, Smith noted, and searching souls were turning to books or New Age thinkers for guidance.
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
And Su is not alone in believing big thinkers will stay afloat in the AI revolution; Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has emphasized that beyond being tech savvy, professionals need to leverage human skills like judgement and creativity to win out.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The founders of these companies are systems-level thinkers in the most literal sense.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 May 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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Doing so can prevent the fear of missing out that many adolescents feel when they aren’t glued to their phones and offer a substitute to take their minds off social media.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Yet the idea is holy writ at the Fed and in the minds of most policymakers.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
12 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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Warm up those wands, wizards, because the world of Harry Potter is hoping to cast a marketing spell over the metro area this summer.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
27 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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Atlanta artist Truett Dietz’s twitchy, colorful, anxiety-laden drawings at Wolfgang Gallery are visions of our brains on internet.—
Felicia Feaster,
AJC.com,
13 June 2026
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Laura Ingalls Wilder may have been the official brains of Little House, but Michael Landon became the mastermind of the show itself.—
Kelly Martinez,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 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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This is just the latest development in a saga that has toyed with the psyches of the people who play public golf in the nation’s capital — which includes me, almost every week.—
Barry Svrluga,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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