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as in cerebral
much given to learning and thinking
as the daughter of college professors, she's used to being around intellectual people
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as in internal
of or relating to the mind
intellectual pursuits such as reading and studying
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as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
research that shows that people from very intellectual backgrounds are happiest with spouses having comparable educations
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as in nerd
a person with strong intellectual interests
discovered that in politics a reputation for being an intellectual was regarded as a liability
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Recent Examples of intellectual
Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Despite the intellectual and ideological chasm separating the viral aestheticians of the trad right and the artists exhibiting in TriBeCa and Kreuzberg, contemporary art is in the midst of its own eclectic historicist turn.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Through cooperation with right-wing intellectuals abroad, the Danube Institute has proved instrumental in promoting the culturally conservative vision of Orbán's Hungary.
—Flora Garamvolgyi, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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The extraordinary work that resulted from his labors, McNeal, which just completed its inaugural run in a Broadway production at Lincoln Center Theater, is a juggernaut—an intellectual, conceptual, and dramatic juggernaut.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Despite the intellectual and ideological chasm separating the viral aestheticians of the trad right and the artists exhibiting in TriBeCa and Kreuzberg, contemporary art is in the midst of its own eclectic historicist turn.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
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In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organise themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Through cooperation with right-wing intellectuals abroad, the Danube Institute has proved instrumental in promoting the culturally conservative vision of Orbán's Hungary.
—Flora Garamvolgyi, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Joined by Columbia professor Rafael Yuste (the film’s science advisor), the two cross the country querying innovators in cerebral research and bioethics: Can computers help people communicate telepathically?Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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What are permanent and steady as the Rock of Gibraltar are cerebral pleasures from doing the right thing: kindness, benevolence, unsparing selflessness, unwearied devotion to justice, becoming wiser and more resilient by the day.Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
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Much of the internal culture and shared language overlaps with white supremacist and other ideologies.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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After both of their outbursts, Teeny was very clear in explaining how their issues with Sam were way more about their own internal issues and coming to terms with being comfortable in their own skin than anything Sam did.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Knife nerds will appreciate this collaboration with knife maker K Sabatier enough to pick up the full set of three carbon steel blades (also handily available online).Matthew Medendorp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024
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Sundance is a mecca for film nerds—and experienced skiers.Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Los Angeles Unified School District reported 11 incidents of nitrous oxide possession during the 2023-24 academic school year.Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Most men’s rights activists, however, turned their attention to laws at the state and local level during the 1980s and 1990s, along with academic understandings of gender violence.Theresa Iker / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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These inner commentaries can distract from actually engaging with the other person Bowe says.Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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Once the inner fabrics shrink or become misshapen, there is no way to correct the mistake.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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Richie Grainge herself has evolved her stylistic approach from an ostentatious Los Angeleno verve into a look that’s more low-key highbrow.Nick Remsen, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
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No word better sums up our quixotic hopes for the visual, uniting the lowbrow (video-game headsets, van Gogh warehouses), the highbrow (Yayoi Kusama’s infinity rooms, James Turrell’s light installations), and the middlebrow (Alfonso Cuarón’s Steadicam jaunts, James Cameron’s 3-D extravaganzas).Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
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As higher education continued to develop, facilities and programs burnished scholarly reputations as modern universities emerged in cities like Paris and Bologna.Brian Mitchell, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Young Ed Klum was musical, scholarly, and athletic.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
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Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
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Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.María Inés Taracena, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
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“Intellectual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellectual. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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