wise man

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Recent Examples of wise man For far too many believers and non-believers alike, Jesus has been reduced to a mere man—an ancient superhero/philosopher/wise man—and no more. Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 The wise man of underground rap, who announced a new album on Wednesday morning, took the stage at Cheer Up Charlie’s a little after 11 p.m. that night and faced a crowd of revelers. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025 The million-credit question in this scenario is what threat could endanger the Milky Way with the mighty Reapers as its guardians, but as a wise man once said, there's always a bigger fish. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2025 Apple’s Surprise iPhone Update Fixes 1 Bug, Adds 1 Frustration Reigns also laid waste to Punk inside a steel cage as his wise man, Paul Heyman, consoled Punk in the ring. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wise man
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Noun
  • Lalo is a true Renaissance man: a performer at the piano, a painter with notes, a conductor and composer who has scored some of the most memorable films of the past half-century.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 June 2025
  • If there’s such a thing as an 18-year-old Renaissance man, Moore is that.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • But Becker also reveals the largely forgotten precedents for this worldview, sketching a lineage of thought that connects today’s Silicon Valley seers to earlier futurist prophets.
    John Kaag, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
  • In South Africa, the teen-age seer Nongqawuse foretold that the European settlers would be swept into the sea and a golden age would dawn—if only her people slaughtered their cattle and burned their crops.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Navy blue and sage green have become go-to choices but are losing their charm; opt for moody hues like muddy green, rust, or confident forest green instead.
    Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • Original price: $10.99 Dove Men + Care body wash is plant-based and made with notes of blood orange and sage.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025

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