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Recent Examples of well-read His parents were Eastern European Jewish and mildly observant, and his father Samuel embodied an unusual mix of being a well-read, well-informed, amateur inventor/butcher/grocer. Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025 In any case, these are Americans who are well-educated, well-read, and well-heeled, who come from the centers of cultural production. Lee Cole june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025 He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans affairs and environmental issues. Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025 He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans’ affairs and environmental issues. Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025 He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans' affairs and environmental issues. CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025 The well-read, kindly father Sharif (played by the great Palestinian actor Adam Bakri) enjoys tending to his orange groves and teaching his young son Salim (Salah Aldeen Mai) to appreciate poetry. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025 At the top of the year, bookshelf wealth emerged as the definitive trend of 2024, igniting online discourse about the optics of seeming well-read based on the intentionality of your curation. Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024 She’s always been so unbelievably well-read and politically savvy with the most hilarious sense of humor. Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-read
Adjective
  • The comptroller added that some undocumented people in immigration court weren’t literate and did not have an advocate with them in court, such as a lawyer or translator.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 23 June 2025
  • Business leaders must shift their focus from simply acquiring AI tools to strategically embedding them within human-centric processes, ensuring that twice literate humans are in the loop, empowered and indispensable.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • It feels tied to the intimidation she’s felt in previous seasons while working alongside younger, more educated, faster chefs.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 28 June 2025
  • The report also notes that people who are more educated and economically successful, as well as those who show better success at integration, tend to be the ones more likely to be considering moving on.
    Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • According to a 2018 study, Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • An infrastructure of professionalism—conferences, along with scholarly journals and societies—had begun to emerge.
    Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025

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“Well-read.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-read. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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