2
a
: a person who has done advanced study in a special field
b
: a learned person
3
: a holder of a scholarship
Examples of scholar in a Sentence
She's a renowned scholar of African-American history.
scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act
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Like past retrospectives hosted by Locarno, this programme will be accompanied by a comprehensive book featuring contributions from international film scholars and critics.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Media scholar Philip Auslander has argued that liveness, in the contemporary sense, doesn’t require perfect temporal alignment.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Katie Ludlow Rich, a scholar specializing in Mormon women’s history tells me that post-World War II, there was a cultural movement within the church to assimilate into broader American culture.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
His words evoke the image of an animal slithering on the ground before growing—an allusion that was likely intended as a gardening pun about reptiles, argues classics scholar Rebecca Armstrong.
—Andrés Muedano, JSTOR Daily, 25 Mar. 2026
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Media scholar Philip Auslander has argued that liveness, in the contemporary sense, doesn’t require perfect temporal alignment.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Katie Ludlow Rich, a scholar specializing in Mormon women’s history tells me that post-World War II, there was a cultural movement within the church to assimilate into broader American culture.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
His words evoke the image of an animal slithering on the ground before growing—an allusion that was likely intended as a gardening pun about reptiles, argues classics scholar Rebecca Armstrong.
—Andrés Muedano, JSTOR Daily, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholar. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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