2
a
: a person who has done advanced study in a special field
b
: a learned person
3
: a holder of a scholarship
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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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As technology improves and allows better reading of the manuscript, scholars continue to debate the content of the document and how the fragments should be put together in the hopes of gaining even more insight into Hellenic religion and philosophy of the time.
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Michael Wara, an energy and climate scholar at Stanford University, said the state’s entire insurance landscape, not just the California’s wildfire fund, might have to be recalibrated if a utility company were found to have caused a major L.A. fire.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Still, most scholars agree that the tendency emerged sometime not long after the end of World War II.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
To understand why Germans at different levels of society backed Hitler, scholars often cite people’s deep commitment to Nazi ideology; the hatred of Jews, homosexuals, Romani, or Communists; or sheer psychopathic sadism.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Michael Wara, an energy and climate scholar at Stanford University, said the state’s entire insurance landscape, not just the California’s wildfire fund, might have to be recalibrated if a utility company were found to have caused a major L.A. fire.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Still, most scholars agree that the tendency emerged sometime not long after the end of World War II.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
To understand why Germans at different levels of society backed Hitler, scholars often cite people’s deep commitment to Nazi ideology; the hatred of Jews, homosexuals, Romani, or Communists; or sheer psychopathic sadism.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholar. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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