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as in teacher
a person of deep wisdom or learning
scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act
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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a scholar who is a specialist in the history of ancient Greece
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as in student
one who attends a school
a competition for promising young scholars from across the country
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Recent Examples of scholar
Critics say ambiguities in the law are part of the problem
George Wyeth, a visiting scholar at the Environmental Law Institute, says the law is still concerning.
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Michael Copley, NPR, 22 May 2025
The shooting at the museum is the type of development that many Jews, as well as some Jewish scholars and activists, have been worried about and warning about.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Among Illinois’ 130 scholars this year are Oak Forest High School students Lillian Everitt, Aiden Kelly and Ethan Nutile, and Bremen High School students Nayeli Lozano and Yoseline De La Rosa.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Immigration authorities released visiting Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri on Wednesday following a federal judge’s ruling.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
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Michael Copley, NPR, 22 May 2025
The shooting at the museum is the type of development that many Jews, as well as some Jewish scholars and activists, have been worried about and warning about.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Among Illinois’ 130 scholars this year are Oak Forest High School students Lillian Everitt, Aiden Kelly and Ethan Nutile, and Bremen High School students Nayeli Lozano and Yoseline De La Rosa.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Immigration authorities released visiting Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri on Wednesday following a federal judge’s ruling.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholar
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Information on a memorandum of understanding between the district and the Teachers Like Me Program to offer teacher recruitment services and guidance.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2025
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Tamara’s teacher, Oleh Hodovaniuk, told CNN Monday was a very difficult day for the school.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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Only 20 experts out of the roughly 525 who did the work at USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance and its Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Relief are being hired by PRM, the source said.—
Jonathan Landay,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year.—
Mohammed Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Long holiday weekends are ideal for travel because many people have an extra day off work and students are off from school.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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In October 2019, the mother of four — who shares North West, 11, Saint West, 9, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 6, with ex-husband Kanye West — dressed as the fictional Harvard law school student for Halloween.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Coming in both sage and hazelnut chenille, this is the perfect piece for creating a cozy reading nook or laid-back living room environment.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
15 May 2025
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The master artisan will also assemble an accessory from the BADURA high leather goods collection, deftly using his hands as tools honed through decades of proficiency and techniques steeped in centuries-old traditions.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Skills build on themselves, so children who don’t master kindergarten phonics or counting could remain behind in future grades.—
Claire Cain Miller,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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The crew attached the blade to a steel cable, which was rigged to stop a quarter inch away from his pupil.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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In a filmed confrontation between the two, the Megalopolis actor reportedly slams his fist on a table and yells at his pupil before throwing him against the wall, according to Variety and Vanity Fair.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Veteran boxing pundit Teddy Atlas recently offered his opinion on Jones and his time with the UFC heavyweight crown.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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His on-screen style was smooth and, ironically, given the way his BBC career has ended, uncontroversial, preferring to let his pundits sound off on the game’s big issues.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Imagine Jimi Hendrix also being a tuba virtuoso, or Andy Warhol also excelling on an Etch-A-Sketch.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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Dissatisfied with the quality of the day’s commercial recordings, Paul, who’d worked with pop stars including Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, and was a guitar virtuoso and bandleader, endeavored to push the practice forward — to make recording a kind of erudite art form.—
Erin Osmon,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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“Scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholar. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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