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Recent Examples of wise man
As a wise man in another summer house once said, summer should be fun.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
As Dante struggles with his poem, he is sent to a wise man who can guide him, a rabbinical figure called Isaiah (not his real name, we’re told).
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
His later myth—of a wise man thrust into crime by circumstance—owes more to Hollywood than to history.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The wise man, in exercising his wisdom, did not actually deprive the king of the agency to carry out his evil plan; in reality, the king had no such power.
—Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
As Dante struggles with his poem, he is sent to a wise man who can guide him, a rabbinical figure called Isaiah (not his real name, we’re told).
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
His later myth—of a wise man thrust into crime by circumstance—owes more to Hollywood than to history.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The wise man, in exercising his wisdom, did not actually deprive the king of the agency to carry out his evil plan; in reality, the king had no such power.
—Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wise man
Noun
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Saturday night live: Renaissance man 50 Cent is scheduled to perform at nightclub DAER at the Hard Rock in Hollywood on Saturday.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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In his quest to become a better, stronger, more accomplished pitcher, Rockies Renaissance man Ryan Feltner is going back to the Stone Age.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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Some eagle-eyed observers even shared close-up screen grabs of this seer, showing her to have different colored eyes.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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The forecaster who makes the most accurate predictions, as early as possible, can earn a cash prize and, perhaps more important, the esteem of the world’s most talented seers.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Try planting carrots with sage to ward off carrot rust flies or with radishes, which have similar growing needs.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2026
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One of Altman’s batch mates in the first Y Combinator cohort was Aaron Swartz, a brilliant but troubled coder who died by suicide in 2013 and is now remembered in many tech circles as something of a sage.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Wise man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wise%20man. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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