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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
Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Nevertheless, much of his own theoretical work emerged from a distinct but related intellectual tradition, the post-Keynesian school, which was originally associated with some left-leaning British followers of John Maynard Keynes.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
And one of the main things that happened during the Cultural Revolution was that certain classes of people — intellectuals, people with money, people with land — were sort of coaxed into, for the first time in their lives, telling the truth.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2024
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The Americans With Disabilities Act defines a service animal as any dog or miniature horse individually trained to perform a task in the aid of a qualified individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.
—Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Nevertheless, much of his own theoretical work emerged from a distinct but related intellectual tradition, the post-Keynesian school, which was originally associated with some left-leaning British followers of John Maynard Keynes.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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In April 2024, less than a year after the school’s founding, more than 5,000 people, primarily students but also outraged intellectuals of different ages, immediately signed a petition against the school’s name.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
And one of the main things that happened during the Cultural Revolution was that certain classes of people — intellectuals, people with money, people with land — were sort of coaxed into, for the first time in their lives, telling the truth.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intellectual
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While our understanding of the brain has (thankfully) developed greatly from the days of removing cerebral tissue to see what would happen, a precise understanding of where our memories reside—and how our brain recalls past experience—remains elusive.Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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These complex responses engage a constellation of cerebral circuits that link brain and body.R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2024
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Turkey can remain pink even after cooking to a safe minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees.Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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Helly Hansen’s two-layer LIFA merino tech, which sandwiches an internal synthetic layer with an external merino layer, allows folks who are wool-sensitive to experience the material’s benefits.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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In the past decade my nerd self has taken the wheel and is now driving my career.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2024
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And now, Survivor stat nerds are left in a conundrum.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Early access to mental health services can improve students’ academic performance and foster safe and supportive environments.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Carbone’s priorities include academic responsibility, budget accountability, career readiness and school safety, according to his campaign website.Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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Even as a child, Lila possessed a strange, quasi-supernatural inner force that emerged in moments of rebuke or fear.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Instead, some pundits finger Neptune’s inner heat as the power source.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 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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My scholarly research has identified emerging climate risk here due to the wide range of extreme weather events experienced and the number of vulnerable, less-resilient communities.Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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In the 1880s, in scholarly Cambridge, Massachusetts, a professed divinator has kept for years a large business-like and soberly worded advertisement of his services.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 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 21 Nov. 2024.
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