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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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2
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
Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
Educational Contributions Education served as a cornerstone of progress, and Boston’s Black women educators expanded intellectual and professional opportunities.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.
—Yvonnick Denoël, airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Nevill, who directs the UVA Autism Research Core, explained there are several reasons to broaden the legal precedent to bar all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities from facing the death penalty.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
Educational Contributions Education served as a cornerstone of progress, and Boston’s Black women educators expanded intellectual and professional opportunities.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
But the need to build remained a niche obsession until the Biden Administration, when some of the same intellectuals noticed that efforts to construct a green-energy infrastructure were foundering on the same opposition.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.
—Yvonnick Denoël, airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intellectual
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She’s since bounced between crowd-pleasing mainstream fare (Avengers: Infinity War, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) and darker, more cerebral works (Widows, His Three Daughters).—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Read More: Scooby-Doo Live-Action Series Coming To Netflix According to the site, the new slayer is a more cerebral 16-year-old who's described as being more like Alyson Hanigan's Willow than Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Major negative factors include Iran’s greater nuclear weapon capabilities, its shorter time frames to build nuclear weapons, and the growing normalization of internal Iranian discussions favoring building nuclear weapons.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The countermeasures will come into effect on April 15, following the completion of the Commission's internal procedures.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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At a time when nerds were getting their revenge, most of them wanted to be Chris Knight.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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North Carolina failed to dazzle the recruiting/portal nerds.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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Far from being a dry academic text, the book weaves real-world stories, business case studies, and actionable insights to make cultural intelligence accessible to leaders at every level.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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Trinity College is an excellent academic institution where my mom obtained her master’s degree.—
Nikos Mohammadi,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Of course, there’s plenty for your inner child to actually play with.—
Nik Miles,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2025
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Police said a trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a Jeep Wrangler around 11:05 p.m. on the inner loop of Interstate 695 at Greenspring Avenue.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2025
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Deadline asks the Festival chief whether Series Mania is focused on the highbrow of the drama spectrum.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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Wagner would be a sleepless highbrow’s favorite; the long, lush, unbroken lines of music share with the white-noise hum of the air-conditioner or the thrum of the painstaking lecture the quality of being absorbing without offering undue eventfulness.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.—
Cyril Labbé,
The Conversation,
31 Jan. 2025
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Federal law prohibits universities from discussing individual students' disciplinary records, but the University takes these violations of our rules and scholarly norms seriously.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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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 16 Apr. 2025.
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