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YouTuber and polyglot Arieh Smith, known to his 6.7 million subscribers as @xiaomanyc, addressed the cultural value of learning languages.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
These characters often belong to the set of people who either long to, or are compelled to, follow polyglot and transnational destinies: scholars, artists, refugees, and what all of these are often suspected of being, spies.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Presenting as Muslim perhaps exempted him from comparisons to 2020 Democratic Congressional candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni from Texas, who used his polyglot skills to reach a wide array of voters, but was chastised for seemingly pandering to Hindu conservatives.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Sargent and Paris at the Met delivers a cultural polyglot with a French soul.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 May 2025
Heer, described as a stunning, blond polyglot who could help Valland decipher German documents, seems to have been Valland’s outgoing and charming counterpart.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Underneath the glamour girl image lurked a woman of substance; Mansfield was a polyglot, classical pianist and violinist, and took the craft of acting seriously.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Kim plays a polyglot who eventually works—and forms a romance—with a global celebrity, played by Go Youn-jung (Alchemy of Souls Part 2, Moving).
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
Talking of polyglots, Romelu Lukaku and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who both speak eight languages, are top of the football class.
—Stuart James, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
These characters often belong to the set of people who either long to, or are compelled to, follow polyglot and transnational destinies: scholars, artists, refugees, and what all of these are often suspected of being, spies.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Presenting as Muslim perhaps exempted him from comparisons to 2020 Democratic Congressional candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni from Texas, who used his polyglot skills to reach a wide array of voters, but was chastised for seemingly pandering to Hindu conservatives.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Sargent and Paris at the Met delivers a cultural polyglot with a French soul.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 May 2025
Heer, described as a stunning, blond polyglot who could help Valland decipher German documents, seems to have been Valland’s outgoing and charming counterpart.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Underneath the glamour girl image lurked a woman of substance; Mansfield was a polyglot, classical pianist and violinist, and took the craft of acting seriously.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Kim plays a polyglot who eventually works—and forms a romance—with a global celebrity, played by Go Youn-jung (Alchemy of Souls Part 2, Moving).
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
Talking of polyglots, Romelu Lukaku and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who both speak eight languages, are top of the football class.
—Stuart James, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Polyglot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Polyglot. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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