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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
What began at Baltimore City College High School in Maryland in 2015 has grown into a project with international contributions – an effort worthy of Baldwin’s legacy as a Renaissance man.
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Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
While Da Vinci’s visit predates the 1573 villa, the Renaissance man was one of several luminaries who inspected the natural phenomenon.
—Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024
In the family, he was known as a Renaissance man — an investment adviser who preferred to build boats, cook doughnuts over a wood stove and grow giant zucchinis.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 11 June 2024
Yet even without all that, looking at Martin’s filmography reveals a Renaissance man.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
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Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
While Da Vinci’s visit predates the 1573 villa, the Renaissance man was one of several luminaries who inspected the natural phenomenon.
—Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024
In the family, he was known as a Renaissance man — an investment adviser who preferred to build boats, cook doughnuts over a wood stove and grow giant zucchinis.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 11 June 2024
Yet even without all that, looking at Martin’s filmography reveals a Renaissance man.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
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Richard Ellis, a polymath of marine life whose paintings, books and museum installations — especially the life-size blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History in New York — revealed the beauty and wonders of the ocean, died on May 21 in Norwood, N.J.Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 29 May 2024
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Any conversation about living legends still shining in the celestial firmament must include chart-smashing polymath Ms. Ross.Eric Webb, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Feb. 2024
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Maybe the judge presiding will have the courage and intellect to break up this cesspool of crime.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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His speech emphasized the group’s groundbreaking fusion of jazz and soul within hip-hop, showing that authenticity and intellect could seamlessly blend with coolness.Okla Jones, Essence, 27 Nov. 2024
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French magazine Gala — a wiz at celebrity videos on TikTok — emerged as the top media voice with $32.2 million in MIV, 92 percent of it stemming from the video-sharing platform.Miles Socha, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
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When another young black musical wiz, Teddy Riley of the hip-hop group Guy and co-producer of Michael Jackson’s 1991 Dangerous album, comes to a recording studio in Virginia Beach, Williams gets his opportunity.Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
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Colors with shorter wavelengths, such as blues and violets, scatter more easily than colors with longer wavelengths, which include red and orange.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
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Candy-color pastels like strawberry pinks, mint greens, aqua blues, and even lemon yellows are coming on strong.Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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The scans identified the same levels of activity in the dopamine-rich areas of the brain in both groups and suggest that, for some, the excitement of romance burns brightly for, regardless of time.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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For nearly a year, a series of names have buzzed around my brain like so many tiny birds: Cactus. Wasabi.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rather than just being a defensive wizard, Walker can threaten to hit 30-plus home runs with elite OPS numbers.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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An outsider like Elphaba simply cannot stand to see the Winged Monkeys used as spies for the wizard’s anti-animal regime.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Vance had recently published Hillbilly Elegy, which earned him a reputation as a MAGA whisperer—a public intellectual who could demystify the phenomenon for cosmopolitan audiences.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
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The scholar and public intellectual is ranked by Education Week as the most influential education scholar in the nation.Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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As for Fred Rococo, well, there has never been a sage/wizard/sybil as engaging as he.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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My grandmother’s 1959 cookbook inspired me to seek out sage advice from modern hosts.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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